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Administrator Password unknown?

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Some changed the Administrator password on one of our MS Servers and no one knows what it is. Does anyone know of a way to reset it without wiping the OS and reinstalling? Thanks.
 
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tim@tim-laptop ~ $ sudo apt-get install windows
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package windows...Thank Goodness!
 
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There's also a linux boot floppy that you can use to boot the system, it has NTFS drivers and allows you to find the SAM database and you can then overwrite the administrator password.

As long as the system isn't a domain controller it should work fine.

google on samcrack, otherwise shoot me an email and I'll see if I can send you the files.
 
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