Re: Xp Pro Admin Password Issue

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"Mike_B" <MikeB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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My problem is an odd one. I'm trying to avoid reformating and reinstalling
windows on one of the puters in small network. It seems that a prevous
most
liklely disgrunteled X employee has deleted all user accounts except admin
and of course the guest account. I've already Started in safe mode hoping
that the user didn't place a password under the Admin account but he
did.The
guest account cannot gain access to a propriority program need to run the
business. I know the puter originally came with windows home edition, but
now
it has Pro in it. I don't even know if the Pro is legal. Any Input out
there
would be appreciated

Mike B MCP
--
"Always Learning Something New"

If the system was deliberately damaged, consider that you may not know the
extent of the damage and might spend a lot of time on it before a trap
appears.

There are password removal utilities and boot disks, and from any admin
account you can remove passwords for other accounts, but if encryption was
applied, doing this will permanently end any chance of recovering any
encrypted data.

I would suggest that you make an image of that drive, using something like
Acronis True Image, and then do a clean install starting with redoing
partitions. Or, perhaps, remove the drive, set it aside and install a new
hard disk. This will keep you from being in a position where some
time-bomb goes off; it's the only way you can be sure that doesn't happen.
This may cost you a couple of hours now, in exchange for uncertainty and
grief later.

HTH
-pk


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