Win2k admin password

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Hi, I have a pc running Win2k and I can't remember the
admin password. This is the only user account that I gave
admin rights to, so now I can't install new programs. I
tried the solution posted, but the link appears to be
dead. Is there a solution?

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John wrote:

> Hi, I have a pc running Win2k and I can't remember the
> admin password. This is the only user account that I gave
> admin rights to, so now I can't install new programs. I
> tried the solution posted, but the link appears to be
> dead. Is there a solution?
Hi

Several solutions listed here
http://securityadmin.info/noframes/faqget.asp#password

and here
http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_admi [...] ssword.htm


e.g. this one:

Offline NT Password & Registry Editor
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/


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