There is a utility called ERD Commander that will do this. www.winternals.com/products/repairandrecovery/erdcommander2002.asp I have used this utility for this purpose. -----Original Message----- From: Papito Miranda [mailto:papasito122@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 7:31 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Admin password http://www.MSExchange.org/ Dear good fellows... I am inherited a Win2k laptop with an unknown password. I understand reload is the last option. Is there any utility available to retrieve lost passwords? Thank you and Happy New Year to you all.. _____ get 2 months <http://g.msn.com/8HMFEN/2015> FREE* ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: steve.r@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub')