From: James Swanson (jswansongeolearning.com)
Date: Mon Aug 16 2004 - 12:29:12 CDT

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Better option: get another hard drive, slave the old drive to it,
install OS on the first drive. It can then access the second drive,
with all the data, and you have a fresh new install and you know the
admin password.

Jim

>Hi Robert:
>
>I know this is probably what you don't want to hear but, I would format the
>box.
>Other then that you can try to crack the SAM file for admin passwords, which
>is time consuming.
>
>There is nothing better then a nice clean format, especially that you just
>inherited a foreign box,
>and you know things are out of date on it. Might as well go for the format.
>
>Just my 2cents.
>Good Luck-
>
>DS
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Robert Ritchey [mailto:rritcheyeods.com]
>Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 5:56 PM
>To: focus-mssecurityfocus.com
>Subject: Windows 2000 Administrator lockout
>
>
>Hello All,
>
>The network that I have is rather small. 1 server, and 4 workstations. I
>inherited the systems. There has been no administrator working there for a
>little over a year. What administrator that was there, was very much
>non-technical.
>
>When the network was built whoever built the server installed everything
>they possibly could. This system now how few main functions:
>1. File server
>2. Internet Gateway
>3. Symantec Virus manager
>
>Nobody knows any of the passwords for anything on the system. Any of the
>passwords that are in use are not allowed administrator access. I do mean
>for anything! I can't even get Symantec to update virus signatures, as I do
>not have a password to do the update with. The signature is like 2003 date.
>
>
>It is just very frustrating!
>
>I am looking for options, before I have to go and reformat and rebuild. This
>would in some ways make life simpler, there are wrinkles in that all of
>there operational data and other services are on the server. We are
>currently moving foreword with a plan to rebuild. This will happen; I would
>rather pick the time to do it. Rather than have it forced on me.
>
>Does anyone know of any other way to take control of this machine and
>network.
>
>Thanks for your time and any ideas will be appreciated.
>
>Robert Ritchey
>
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