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HOW DO YOU GET AN ADMIN PASSWORD TAKEN OFF YOUR COMP IF YOUR NOT THE ADMIN

Posted: 11-30-2003, 08:24 PM
l_k
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A family member of mine, put an admin password on my comp
i was just wondering how can i take it off... or re-
intall windows, just any means necessary to get it off

HOW DO YOU GET AN ADMIN PASSWORD TAKEN OFF YOUR COMP IF YOUR NOT THE ADMIN


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Roger Abell
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Re: HOW DO YOU GET AN ADMIN PASSWORD TAKEN OFF YOUR COMP IF YOUR NOT THE ADMIN
Posted: 11-30-2003, 09:48 PM
Use a different admin account and with this you can set
passwords of other accounts or change their passwords.

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Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows Server System: Security)
MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4) MCDBA
"l_k" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> A family member of mine, put an admin password on my comp
> i was just wondering how can i take it off... or re-
> intall windows, just any means necessary to get it off

 
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