try recreating the password file using orapwd.exe. Or delete the file and it should default back to the Oracle defaults. Thanks, Mike Michael Milligan Oracle9i Certified Professional DBA Ingenix PowerTrak Field Group michael.milligan@xxxxxxxxxxx 801-982-3081-work 801-628-6058-mobile -----Original Message----- From: Ranjeesh K R. [mailto:ranjeeshk@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 3:35 PM Subject: To recover DBA password of Oracle 9.2.0.1 on Windows 2000 Importance: High Hi, I have forgot the the passwords of DBA Id's ( sys & system ) .Do you know anyway to recover this password . I am logging in with the id with which I installed oracle and all.. with thanks and regards Ranjeesh K R ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail, including attachments, may include confidential and/or proprietary information, and may be used only by the person or entity to which it is addressed. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient or his or her authorized agent, the reader is hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to this message and delete this e-mail immediately. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------