Re: Password question

Thanks Joe & John!

Ended up purchasing a couple pieces of software--ERD Commander and some word
cracking util. As it turned out, the word documents were nothing more than
dribble.

Merry Christmas,
C
"Joe Richards [MVP]" <humorexpress@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:epuLFsZAGHA.1288@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Last I heard you can't delete the builtin admin ID, possibly you don't
know the
> ID name as he may have changed it. If you can establish an anonymous
connection
> to the machine over the network you can determine the admin IDs by looking
at
> the admin group or enumerating the builtin admin SID. The easiest way to
do this
> would be to
>
> net user x: \\machinename\ipc$ /user:"" ""
>
> lg \\machinename\administrators
>
> You can get lg from my website (www.joeware.net)
>
> The password protected Word docs can probably be accessed but it will
require
> you to purchase software to crack them.
>
> --
> Joe Richards Microsoft MVP Windows Server Directory Services
> www.joeware.net
>
>
> Chris Hall wrote:
> > We have an employee that is no longer with the company. He deleted the
local
> > administrator account and his pc is not joined to the domain. He also
has
> > two Word docs that are password protected. I need to be able to access
his
> > computer and these documents. Any suggestions? Tools/utilities?
> >
> >


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