Re: administrator password

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"WayneH" <WayneH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:931C61AB-99E3-4CEA-AF0E-8998453F21F3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> We are running windows 2000 on a network. The network is newly set up. One
of
> my associates was activating a local network when the administrator
password
> screen came up. She left it blank as well as leaving the password blank
and
> hit enter. The machine rebooted and now we cannot log on. The screen asks
for
> a password and there was none put in. How can we get back into this
computer?
> Do we need to reinstall windows 2000 and start all over?
> --
> Thanks, wh

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

Good administrators plan ahead and create at least two
admin accounts so that they never ever end up in this
awkward situation.


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