**Urgent** Windows 2000 administrator password recovery

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Ahmad Reza

***Urgent Help needed***
Dear Sir/Madam,
Hello,

I'm the administrator of a company with below
specification:
1- 1 A.D. Server that run on Win2k Advanced Server with 55
Per Seat License.
2- Web Server (IIS Server) on Win2k Advanced Server.
3- 12 Win2k Professional (as clients).
4- 40 Windows 98 (as clients).

I set complexity password policy on these servers and
after that I change my administration password ,
unfortunately I forgot it.
I heard that Windows 2000 has a feature that I can recover
my administrator password even I can't log on interactive.
Please help me and tell me what should I do?
it's very urgent and important for me to recover my
administration password.

Yours Sincerely.
Ahmad Reza
 
Not sure if it works on 2K server, but works on 2K pro -
try "passware kit". I used 5.0 and it was OK with 2k pro.
 
Yes, I remember that post. The trick is, that you change screensaver
settings to cmd.scr (rename cmd.exe to cmd.scr) in the HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT
registry key and then after cmd pops up you can reset password. Try
searching for this post in this newsgroup.

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Regards

Matjaz Ladava, MCSE (NT4 & 2000), MVP
(e-mail address removed)
http://ladava.com
 
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