RE: Win 2k lost pw

Is the computer part of a domain? If so you can log in with domain
administrator account and reset the local administrator password.
Otherwise if it is a standalone machine you will need something like ERD
Commander to boot from and reset the administrator password before the local
SAM database has initialised.
James.

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"David C" wrote:

We have a Windows 2000 Pro workstation that we lost the administrator
password for and now the user cannot login to it off the network. Is there
any way I can recover it or replace the admin account? Thanks.

David



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