Re: XP Local Password-URGENT

From: Miha Pihler (miha.pihler_at_Atlantis-N0Spam.si)
Date: 07/30/03 

Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 19:24:45 +0200

Mark,

there is at least built in Administrator (ok and Guest) account. You can't
delete built in account (but you can rename them). Try to guess local
administrator password (try with blank)...

Good luck... 

-- 
Mike
MCSA 2K, MCSE 2K, MCT, ...
"Mark [Support]" <tech@orilliapronet.com> wrote in message
news:%23iB523rVDHA.1480@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hello all.
>
> One of my users switched his XP Pro machine from a domain to a workgroup.
> Now when he reboots it prompts for a username and password like always but
> not letting him login.  I suspect that all the users that logged into that
> machine [its a laptop] all had domain logins and nothing is local.
>
> I can access the hard drive by using the windows 2000 recovery console,
but
> I need to setup a new user or add a local user with admin rights to the
> machine.  Any suggestions on how to get back into this XP Machine?
>
> Cheers
>             mark
>
>

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