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Forgot Administrator Password Manesh N 08-26-2005
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Posted by Manesh N on August 26, 2005, 4:06 pm
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 Hello
I forgot my Windows 2003 Administrator Password.
How can i get the password
Regards
Manesh




Posted by Roger Abell on August 29, 2005, 9:59 am
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> Hello
> I forgot my Windows 2003 Administrator Password.
> How can i get the password
> Regards
> Manesh
>

You cannot "get it", short to cracking the stored hash.

The most fast way to reestablish use of the account is to ask
someone that knows, or asks another admin to reset yours.

Domain or stand-alone machine ?

--
Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows Security)
MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4) MCDBA




Posted by Notan on August 29, 2005, 1:14 pm
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Roger Abell wrote:
>
> > Hello
> > I forgot my Windows 2003 Administrator Password.
> > How can i get the password
> > Regards
> > Manesh
> >
>
> You cannot "get it", short to cracking the stored hash.
>
> The most fast way to reestablish use of the account is to ask
> someone that knows, or asks another admin to reset yours.
>
> Domain or stand-alone machine ?

"The most fast?"

Is that anything like "the fastest?" <g>

Notan


Posted by Roger Abell on August 29, 2005, 10:04 pm
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> Roger Abell wrote:
> >
> > > Hello
> > > I forgot my Windows 2003 Administrator Password.
> > > How can i get the password
> > > Regards
> > > Manesh
> > >
> >
> > You cannot "get it", short to cracking the stored hash.
> >
> > The most fast way to reestablish use of the account is to ask
> > someone that knows, or asks another admin to reset yours.
> >
> > Domain or stand-alone machine ?
>
> "The most fast?"
>
> Is that anything like "the fastest?" <g>
>
> Notan

Uh, yea. Probably similar to the US midwest distinction
between simplest and most simple :-)

--
Roger




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