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How do I VIEW the ADMIN Password
Name: presto Date: June 6, 2006 at 07:54:52 Pacific OS: Windows 2000 TERMINAL SP4 CPU/Ram: Intel XEON @ 2.4Ghz/785,9 Product: COMPAQ
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I am the network administrator for a Military school and my assistant changed the admin password and doesnt know what it is. Is there any to view it. I have a remote desktop connection under a temp admin password so I can work on the problem
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: June 6, 2006 at 08:04:51 Pacific
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No, you can't view it. If you're the Admin, then just change it. Then write it down and store in a secure place.
Life is more painless for those who are brainless.
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Response Number 2
Name: racoonracer Date: June 6, 2006 at 21:26:08 Pacific
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What the heck is a "temp" admin password?
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Response Number 3
Name: presto Date: June 7, 2006 at 08:39:55 Pacific
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A temp admin password is a temporary administrator password that I set up as a fail safe if the main administrator was ever forgotten, changed or misplaced by mistake.
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Response Number 4
Name: Dirty_Sanchez Date: June 7, 2006 at 09:48:19 Pacific
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So you setup a second administrator then?
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Response Number 5
Name: racoonracer Date: June 7, 2006 at 10:37:48 Pacific
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LOL!!!!!! Like Martin Lawrence would say: You So Crazy!
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Response Number 6
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: June 7, 2006 at 17:48:48 Pacific
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Like I said...use that other Admin account to change the built-in Windows Admin password. It's not rocket science.
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Response Number 7
Name: seawatch Date: June 8, 2006 at 04:19:59 Pacific
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It is rocket science if you're trying to hack into the Admin account at a military school and don't know your Admin from a hole in the ground.
Today seems like a good day to chew through the restraints.
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Response Number 8
Name: Dirty_Sanchez Date: June 8, 2006 at 05:53:19 Pacific
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There are about a thousand posts all over computing.net describing how to change the admin password
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Response Number 9
Name: racoonracer Date: June 8, 2006 at 08:22:29 Pacific
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my advise: as the network admin of your military school, "change" the temp admin account to be the regular admin account. Then create another "temp" admin account to safeguard against your assistants forgetting the admin passwords when they change them
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