Administrative passwords

**JAMMAN** · 04-28-2003, 03:04 PM

Hello, good news bad news. Good news is I have been awarded all the systems administration duties at the place I have been working as a tool maker for the past year. Go figure. They fired the previous guy and I have a legitimate question I have to figure out. 4 of the systems are running win2kpro and no one has record of the administrative password for these machines.

I can prove the position and need for help if I have to, can anyone pm me with a solution. Thanks again,

Jim

johnwill · 04-28-2003, 04:09 PM

Cruise over to NT Offline Admin PW and download this package and it will allow you to set the Admin PW to blank, you should be good to go after that. :)

**Pseudocyber** · 04-28-2003, 06:30 PM

If the servers are up, and you have access - they were left logged in to the Admin account (BAD security) and you have access to the SAM, you could run L0phtcrack against the SAM and it may give you the password, if it's fairly weak.

**JAMMAN** · 04-29-2003, 03:33 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by johnwill
Cruise over to NT Offline Admin PW and download this package and it will allow you to set the Admin PW to blank, you should be good to go after that. :)

Cool I'll try this today. I'll tell ya how it worked, thanks!

J

04-29-2003, 04:48 AM

Check your email..............

04-28-2003, 03:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
JAMMAN TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Middle Ohio Posts: 841 OS: all	Administrative passwords Hello, good news bad news. Good news is I have been awarded all the systems administration duties at the place I have been working as a tool maker for the past year. Go figure. They fired the previous guy and I have a legitimate question I have to figure out. 4 of the systems are running win2kpro and no one has record of the administrative password for these machines. I can prove the position and need for help if I have to, can anyone pm me with a solution. Thanks again, Jim __________________ The Cat Dragged Inn

04-28-2003, 06:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
Pseudocyber NetEngr/Geek Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Earth\US\NC\Charlotte Posts: 1,394 OS: Win2K	If the servers are up, and you have access - they were left logged in to the Admin account (BAD security) and you have access to the SAM, you could run L0phtcrack against the SAM and it may give you the password, if it's fairly weak. __________________ AM = :coffee: PM = :cheers: CCNA, NNCSSx2, MCSE (NT), A+, CNA

04-28-2003, 04:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 31,329 OS: XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Cruise over to NT Offline Admin PW and download this package and it will allow you to set the Admin PW to blank, you should be good to go after that. :)

04-29-2003, 04:48 AM	#5 (permalink)
SPEEDO Posts: n/a OS:	Check your email..............