Re: Dual Boot Server to get around not knowing passwords

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Yes there is. http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

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"CMITPlano" wrote:
| We have a customer that does not know their Domain Admin or Local Admin
| Passwords (the previous computer guy is holding them hostage) on a Windows
| Small Business Server 2003. We have been debating the idea of installing
a
| second bootable version of SBS 2003 (in a different Windows directory) so
we
| can gain access to the data, programs and Exchange Server.
|
| Will this work? What are the potential problems? Is there an easier way
to
| get around not knowing the passwords??


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