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Ron   06-20-2004 at 12:53:19 PM

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When Windows 2000 Pro was installed on my home-office
system a couple of years ago, the IT person (or I) failed
to write down the Administrator passcode. The system was
then set to default so that it would automatically launch
on START and the password was not required. Recently,
there were major ad bots and spyware problems which
required major maintenance. In the process, the system
administrator must have reverted to the original default
and is now asking for the password.

How can I recover access to my Word documents which
apparently are "hidden" because I do not remember the
original Administrator password? Is there some mechanism
for finding that or, better, changing it?

Thanks.

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Anonymous   06-20-2004 at 06:31:16 PM
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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.security (More info?)

 

See
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/lostpass.htm
and/or
http://securityadmin.info/db/faqre [...] D=Optional
and/or
http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_admi [...] ssword.htm

Ron wrote:
> When Windows 2000 Pro was installed on my home-office
> system a couple of years ago, the IT person (or I) failed
> to write down the Administrator passcode. The system was
> then set to default so that it would automatically launch
> on START and the password was not required. Recently,
> there were major ad bots and spyware problems which
> required major maintenance. In the process, the system
> administrator must have reverted to the original default
> and is now asking for the password.
>
> How can I recover access to my Word documents which
> apparently are "hidden" because I do not remember the
> original Administrator password? Is there some mechanism
> for finding that or, better, changing it?
>
> Thanks.

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