Re: HELP ! Admin password


"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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: "Christopher Aielllo" <skycrab@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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: > Ok...
: > The situation is this; Last week one of our
employees quit under
: > stressful situations. He, feeling unappreciated, decided
to change the
: > administrator password to the computers as well as
remove some important
: > programs. It is my job to try to figure a way to either
retrieve the
: > password or find a way to set a new one so we can
reinstall the necessary
: > programs to get some work done, as we cannot install
anything without the
: > administrator password.
: > I am not the smartest nor am I the most ignorant
computer user in the
: > world but this is way beyond me. If anyone has anything
they know that
: will
: > help out my situation and can explain it in very simple
details I would be
: > extremely appreciative.
: > Thanks in advance
: > Chris
: >
: > http://www.lazyway.com/
: >
: >
:
: After you have resolved the problem with the suggestions
made
: by the other respondents, think a moment about how you
wish to
: manage your show. If you were in charge of a fleet of
cars, would
: you have just one set of keys for each car and get
embarrassed
: when a manager leaves under a cloud and takes his keys
with
: hime? Probably not! Now how about applying the same
principle
: to your PCs? Creating and locking away a second admin
account
: for each PC takes next to no time at all but makes it very
easy to
: trade out of this type of problem.

Good advice, but it may not be that simple. An admin can
change other admins' passwords. In your fleet of cars
analogy, it would be the same as changing the locksets.



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