RE: Windows xp machine password

From: Malke (notreally_at_invalid.com)
Date: 07/16/05 

Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 19:56:03 -0700

Desmond Lee wrote:

> If the Win XP machines are members of an AD (or NT) domain, you could
> reset the local machine admin password via one of several options:
>
> (a) network logon script automatically
>
> (b) logon individually to each affected machine with a Domain Admin
> account
>
> (c) use one of the many tools as pointed out by other contributors
>
>
> It is never a good idea to set an Admin password to blank.
>
> Do let us know if this helps. Thanks!
>
>
> "Jack" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I have couple of windows xp laptop machines where the userid is
>> administrator. The passwords for these is lost as the previous system
>> guy
>> left this job abruptly and we cannot get a hold of him. I need to
>> access these two laptop (no network)
>> computers to retrieve some important data. Is there any utility that
>> I can find on the web which will erase the password to blank. If not,
>> what option do I have on this issue?
>> I would appreciate any feedback for resolution. Thanks in advance.

It's fine to set the Administrator password to a blank so you can get
into the system. Of course you would want to change it to a strong
password once you were in. Jack, a good program to do this is NTpasswd:

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

Malke 

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