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    Resolved [RESOLVED] Site forgot the password to sign into windows

    I have a site that changed the passwords on both admin accounts. We normally keep the admin password blank, and we create a svc account that we set the password for. Someone changed both of the password now I can't get into the system. The OS is win2000 Pro. Is there a way through the cmd prompt to reset the passwords?

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    NEVER have blank admin passwords... that is the worst security blunder ever.

    Repair install would work.
    Never, ever approach a computer saying or even thinking "I will just do this quickly."

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    Yeah I know....I didn't set up this site......I always use passwords just so something like this don't happen. The only problem is that the user that they need to be on is a admin account, they can wipe out any passwords in the system and reset them.

    Thats what I was thinking...I just wanted a second opinion. I didn't want to go through that if it would not solve the issue.

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    I guess I could set them up to not be able to change the password, but if you have admin rights can't you uncheck that bit to change it?

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    yep
    why do they need admin
    Never, ever approach a computer saying or even thinking "I will just do this quickly."

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    The software that they using, or the reason they have this machine is to run POS software. That software needs admin privileges to run properly. Anyways I tried running win2000 repair that didn't work. I didn't have an ERD so I tried to used the recovery console. As soon as I did that, it went to asking for a password. I end up using a program called Active password changer v.3.0.
    It worked slick.

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