Administrator password

John · Dec 10, 2003

What can I do when we have forgotten the administrator
password? It has been almost a year since I was on my
wife's computer and need to install software. Of course,
she cleaned up her desk area and threw away the notebook I
had listed all the passwords in. Can anyone help???PLEASE
John Blackwell

MarioD · Dec 11, 2003

There are actual comercial tools available that will
recover administrator passwords. For example,
http://www.crackpassword.com, but you can find others
using Google.

Mario

Guest · Dec 11, 2003

I've had success using the "Offline NT Password & Registry Editor" to change the password for the Administrator account. Daniel Petri also has a good article covering the same topic. Both are found at http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm.

Curtis Clay III [MSFT] · Dec 11, 2003

Hello,
You could ask your wife for the password or read the link below.

258289 Windows 2000 Logon Passwords
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=258289

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Administrator password

John

MarioD

Guest

Curtis Clay III [MSFT]