Thanks to everyone that responded. I will try this out! On all my office machines I have a backup admin password but what can I do about user's home machine that technically I am not supposed to be responsible for. Thanks again sooo much Jonathan -----Original Message----- From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: September 29, 2003 10:54 AM To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] Re: administrator password Download the utility from http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/, which is free. I have successfully used this many times when I first joined this company to "get in to" a number of W2K laptops that hadn't been used for a long time because no one knew any login passwords, or had the skills to rebuild the laptops. As Ray pointed out always have a backup account to get in. I personally have my own local administrator account on every NT/2000 pc and server, as well as the local built in one. Steve -----Original Message----- From: Costanzo, Ray [mailto:rcostanzo@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 29 September 2003 15:31 To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] Re: administrator password Have the person log in as the backup administrator account that he setup as soon as he installed the OS, so that in the event of forgetting the administrator password, he could log in with the other account and reset it. Ray at work -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Kadoo [mailto:jkadoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Does anyone know of a way to reset the administrator password on a Windows 2k pro machine? I have a user that someone managed to screw up their admin password on their home machine and now they can't get into it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. ************************************************************************ ********************************** The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. Distribution, publication, or retransmission of this message is strictly prohibited. This message may be a bank to client communication and as such is priviliged and confidential. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. The sender of this e-mail specifically "opts-out" of the Electronic Signatures and Global and National Commerce Act (E-Sign) and any and all similar state and federal acts. Accordingly, but without limitation, any and all documents, contracts, and ageements must contain a handwritten signature of the sender to be legal, valid, and enforceable. ************************************************************************ ********************************** ******************************************************** This Week's Sponsor - RTO Software / TScale What's keeping you from getting more from your terminal servers? Did you know, in most cases, CPU Utilization IS NOT the single biggest constraint to scaling up?! Get this free white paper to understand the real constraints & how to overcome them. SAVE MONEY by scaling-up rather than buying more servers. http://www.rtosoft.com/Enter.asp?ID=147 ********************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm ******************************************************** This Week's Sponsor - RTO Software / TScale What's keeping you from getting more from your terminal servers? Did you know, in most cases, CPU Utilization IS NOT the single biggest constraint to scaling up?! Get this free white paper to understand the real constraints & how to overcome them. SAVE MONEY by scaling-up rather than buying more servers. http://www.rtosoft.com/Enter.asp?ID=147 ********************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm ******************************************************** This Week's Sponsor - RTO Software / TScale What's keeping you from getting more from your terminal servers? Did you know, in most cases, CPU Utilization IS NOT the single biggest constraint to scaling up?! Get this free white paper to understand the real constraints & how to overcome them. SAVE MONEY by scaling-up rather than buying more servers. http://www.rtosoft.com/Enter.asp?ID=147 ********************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm