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Locked out: disabled administrator

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Name: roosnoob
Date: January 22, 2005 at 15:31:04 Pacific
OS: Windows Server 2003
CPU/Ram: 2 Ghz/512 MB ram
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Hi,

I went into Active Directory and disabled all my user accounts, including the administrator account. Now I'm locked out of my own system because no user accounts are enabled!

I know this must sound really dumb. Unfortunately I have Zero background in IT, I just work at a really small company where we don't have a dedicated IT pro so my boss asked me to do some stuff and all I've managed to do so far is lock myself out, lol...

Of course I could just do a fresh installation of Windows Server 2003 but this would be last resort, because there's a lot of important settings and stuff that I would lose.

If anyone might know of a way I can recover my system, I would REALLY appreciate any tips.

Thank you very much,

Raj



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Name: roosnoob
Date: January 24, 2005 at 13:49:42 Pacific
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Whoops! Sorry, nevermind. I managed to get in using safe mode


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Response Number 2
Name: mas101
Date: February 11, 2005 at 08:05:55 Pacific
Reply:

Download a copy of ERD Commander. It comes with a clever piece of software called locksmith.

You simply re-boot the server to CD. A clever little GUI comes up and allows you to change Administrator password. Re-boot and away you go. total process no more than 5 mins and no need for any IT exp.

good luck


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