Re: Password


"Rob" <rob_brownNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OyVgBJeYFHA.2128@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> "If a user password is lost, forgotten, or unknown, the only method to
reset
> the password is for the administrator (or a user with administrative
access)
> to log on and reset the password in Computer Management. There is no
method
> in the Windows 2000 security model to bypass, disable, or reset the
> password."
>
> "If the administrator password is lost, forgotten, or unknown, access to
the
> computer may not be obtainable and the operating system may need to be
> reinstalled."

Maybe, but there are several effective methods outside the Windows
security model:
- The Nordahl boot disk
- Various password crackers ("brute force")
- Rename the SAM file


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