Lost Password

[dberg35]

I have a pc in my network that a former employee some how changed the local admin password, is there a way to retreive that?

 

[stduc]

I don't believe so. but you can login to a domain account with admin privileges and change the local admin password.

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[TheLad]

If your PC is part of a Domain/AD, and there is a group in your Domain/AD that grants local administrator rights to your PCs, you can log on as your domain user with these rights and change the administrator password manually without the need to recover it.

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[dberg35]

No domain acct it was never setup that way, was a stand alone pc.

 

[twoody54]

Get an ERD Commander disc...

 

[RCorrigan]

I think Knoppix can do that - reset the account, not tell you what the password is.

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[dseaver]

There is a linux boot disk that will get the password from windows for you...the name is escaping me right now.. google it or wait til i think of it..

 

[dseaver]

OphCrack!

 

[dberg35]

Cool downloading it right now.

 

[SirBlack]

If you're running XP, reboot your PC in Safe Mode. XP will display a log-on screen with user names & an icon for Administrator. Log on to the Administrator account (leave the password blank unless you've assigned one). Once in Windows go to Control Panel & select User Accounts & reset the passwords for any account.
Do any of the user names have administrative rights?

Try the following site to see if that's a help:

http://www.datadoctors.com/help/question/15998-How-to-restore-your-administrators-password/

Bob B-)

 

[dberg35]

dseaver...I have downloaded it but not sure what to do now. The screen shows for administrator pwd is blank

 

[BadBigBen]

I prefer TRINITY RESCUE KIT

http://trinityhome.org/Home/index.php?wpid=1&front_id=12

since it has a nice DOCU on the site...

Ben

"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."