Re: Win2K Pro Local Admin Password lost

From: Ash Ridley (ash.ridley_at_deletethis.ash-ridley.net)
Date: 08/22/05 

Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 22:26:06 +0100

Thanks guys - much appreciated

"Ash Ridley" <ash.ridley@deletethis.ash-ridley.net> wrote in message
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> Apologies for the cross-post, not sure where this should really be.
>
> I have a problem and I'd like to know what my options are.
>
> Today I had to install a new domain controller on a site, unfortunately
the
> old one died and for reasons too complex to go into here the directory
wasnt
> able to be restored.
>
> My intention was for the workstations to simply leave the old domain,
reboot
> and then join the new one - unfortunately it turns out the local admin
> password has been set to something the client has no record of, so I now
> have 2 machines that arent in a domain, the only local user account is
Admin
> (to my knowledge) and they dont know what the password is.
>
> At this stage I'm guessing I'm stuck with rebuilding these 2 machines but
I
> just thought I'd check if anyone had any suggestions on how I could avoid
> this?
>
> Thanks
>
>

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