RE: Windows 2000 Administrator lockout

On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, aidan wrote:
> This certainly doesn't require a format.  Since you're not the administrator
> yet, you have no idea what types of scheduled tasks  and important
> files/executables you might be deleting.

I would say that this does require a reformat, but only after resetting
the password and noting system settings, policies, backing up user files,
etc.

Since it was stated that the AV software was horribly out of date, there
is no telling what may be running on the system.  If the AV software is
out of date, then chances are also high that the system is not up to date
on patches.

Also, I'm going on the assumption that if the person who used to look
after the server left without leaving passwords, etc. that they may not
have left under the best of circumstances.  But then again, maybe I'm just
being paranoid...

Marc Fossi
Symantec Corp.
www.symantec.com


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