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Name: Steve
Date: June 29, 2002 at 07:14:44 Pacific
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Hi,

How can i get my administrator password when i was never prompted for it during install!! i am trying to convert my ntfs to fat32 using xp recovery console,but i need my admin password

Steve



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Response Number 1
Name: Chuck
Date: June 29, 2002 at 07:19:16 Pacific
Reply:

In Windows HELP Index, type:

Recovering Passwords


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Response Number 2
Name: Nimda
Date: June 29, 2002 at 09:57:12 Pacific
Reply:

Check this out:

http://www.winternals.com/products/repairandrecovery/locksmith.asp

There is program called locksmith that would reset the administrator password or what ever account that you want to reset.


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Response Number 3
Name: curio
Date: June 29, 2002 at 14:20:23 Pacific
Reply:

It's NULL (there isn't one) just hit enter. But you can't convert NTFS to FAT32 anywayz - only goes FAT32 to NTFS. You need to reformat to do what you want to do - lose all your data and all that jazz.


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