Re: Administrator Password

From: Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 10/29/04


Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:44:45 +0200

Don wrote:

> We have a brand new PC at work that is 2 months old and has never been used.
> We seem to have forgotten the administrator password. We normally always use
> the same password when setting up but I must have made a typo when entering
> it. Is there any possible way to get this working again?
Hi

You might try to reset the local Administrator
password with one of the methods mentioned here:

http://securityadmin.info/noframes/faqget.asp#password

http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm

-- 
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx


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