lost password 2

[rrpalmtree]

I can turn on the computer, then all I get is the control alt delete then the ID password window and I can't get any further. No admin acct.

Also how can I reply to the person who is trying to help me? By creating a new thread?

 

[LeonBar]

Just reply and your follow up will be posted next.

Can you type administrator in the box? Did you loose your administrator password? is your guest account still active? did you create a backdoor admin account?


Leon

 

[LeonBar]

Have you ever had assess to the server? If not can you contact somone that has? If not you have 2 options that I now of, format the drive and start over or find a crack program that will allow you from a boot disk to change the administrator password.

Someone else might know a 3rd option.

Leon

 

[rrpalmtree]

Thanks leon,
bought this server at auction. No admin password or guest password.
Any suggestions?

 

[dmandell]

Yes, go here and make a password recovery diskette.
It uses Linux to boot the system to allow editing the SAM files. DO NOT LET THIS NEAR YOUR USERS!

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

 

[siralan]

If you're just recovering data it's often easier just to move the disk to a second Windows box as a secondary drive and then reboot; the OS will find the disk and when you log in as administrator you'll have full access to the disk. This won't work for RAID or striped volumes, of course.

 

[JeffHicks]

A third option (if the server system drive is FAT). Boot to a standard DOS boot floppy. change directory to the c:\winnt\system32\config and delete the sam file. The server will recreate it upon reboot with the default administrator account and a blank password.

 

[LeonBar]

My suggestion is slave the drive if you need any data off it. Format and reload the OS. I would not want to use a server that someone else setup. You don't know what type of surprises are hidden inside.

Leon