Re: administrators' password

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From: Jerold Schulman <Jerry@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 10:01:04 -0400

On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 11:29:50 +0200, "ppoe" <hdprova@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>I need to know where's stored the administrators' password in the registry,
>Could someone help me?
>Thank you
>Alessandro
>
It is encrypted in the SAM and is not accessible with registry tools.
What are you trying to do?
If you need to reset it, see tip 1984 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsifaq.com
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