RE: Local admin account reset

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"Ian Van Wyck" wrote:

> On Server 2000 systems (SP1) there is an utility in the system32 folder
> called setpwd.exe. This is handy for resetting local admin passwords from a
> domain admin account in order to simplify things for admins or to save them
> when local creds are *misplaced*. There doesn’t seem to be such a tool in SBS
> systems. What can a poor fool do to reset the local admin account password on
> an SBS Standard (no SP1)?
> --
> Ian Van Wyck
> British Columbia
>
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