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Home > Forums > MIS/IT > Operating Systems - Hardware Independent > Microsoft: NT 4.0 Server Forum

Lost Default Administrator Password

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webb003 (IS/IT--Management)

25 Sep 07 4:42

Trying to revive an old NT4 Server to get some data off, we managed to recreate the default user accounts. Problem is we don't know the Administrator password.
Will reinstalling the software solve our problem?
Thanks
David

itsp1965 (IS/IT--Management)

25 Sep 07 11:20

Go to www.petri.co.il which has methods for recovering lost passwords. Worst case you can also install NT under another directory and retrieve the files from there.

josephdavis (IS/IT--Management)

17 Oct 07 14:09

Try out the Emergency Boot CD at http://ebcd.pcministry.com/

You can reset the administrator password with this utility.

-Joe
http://joe.galactik.com

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