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Re: Windows 2000 Administrator lockout

Subject: Re: Windows 2000 Administrator lockout
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 10:59:16 -0400
Here's a free as in freedom and beer boot disk to recover NT passwords:

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

There are also a link somewhere on that page to a page that shows how to recover AD passwords (YMMV).

I seem to remember that the default password to get into NAV Corporate Edition is "symantec" (w/o the quotes).

HTH
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Gene Cronk - ISSAP,CISSP,NSA-IAM (gcronk@trsg.net)
The Robin Shepherd Group -- Systems Administrator
Office: (904)-359-0981 Ext. 36
Cell: (386)-795-3081  Web: http://www.trsg.net

Robert Ritchey wrote:

Hello All,

The network that I have is rather small.  1 server, and 4 workstations.
I inherited the systems.  There has been no administrator working there
for a little over a year.  What administrator that was there, was very
much non-technical.

When the network was built whoever built the server installed everything
they possibly could. This system now how few main functions: 1. File server 2. Internet Gateway
3. Symantec Virus manager


Nobody knows any of the passwords for anything on the system. Any of
the passwords that are in use are not allowed administrator access. I
do mean for anything! I can't even get Symantec to update virus
signatures, as I do not have a password to do the update with. The
signature is like 2003 date.


It is just very frustrating!

I am looking for options, before I have to go and reformat and rebuild.
This would in some ways make life simpler, there are wrinkles in that
all of there operational data and other services are on the server. We
are currently moving foreword with a plan to rebuild. This will happen;
I would rather pick the time to do it. Rather than have it forced on
me.


Does anyone know of any other way to take control of this machine and
network.

Thanks for your time and any ideas will be appreciated.

Robert Ritchey


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