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lads urgent password query

  • 14-03-2007 10:25am
    #1
    Cyrus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,173 ✭✭✭✭


    Lads

    we have taken a server back to our office from a company we liquidated. i had the username and password but for some stupid reason i changed the domain to a workgroup (dont ask why)

    after doing that i cant logon now as the username password from the old domain wont work.

    ive also tried that offline nt password reset (used it before) but it doesnt seem to work, cant find the partition windows is loaded on

    its a windows 2003 server.

    any ideas


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  • #2
    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    You won't be able to login with the old domain account because you removed the machine from that domain.

    Why do you need to use that account anyway ?


  • #3
    Cyrus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,173 ✭✭✭✭Cyrus


    i dont know any other?

    the cos acc software is on the system and we need to use it


  • #4
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    KTRIC wrote:
    You won't be able to login with the old domain account because you removed the machine from that domain.
    That's pretty much it. Unless the machine was a Domain Controller, then once it's removed from the domain, the domain credentials won't work.

    You'll have to google it. There are plenty of tools out there for resetting the Administrator password on a windows machine, just keep trying them I guess :-)


  • #5
    hshortt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,587 ✭✭✭hshortt


    Get the AdminPak from Sysinternals. Should be able to help you out.


  • #6
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,400 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    have a look in documents and settings - the folder names should give you clues to users who have logged on the the machine - you might get lucky ( linux boot disk, recovery console or dos disk with ntfsdos to see the folders )

    what was the default local admin pw during setup ? - try a blank one !

    IIRC 2003 doesn't have a normal repair/system folder so you can't roll the sam etc. back ( someone please tell me I'm wrong here !)

    do you have any backups of the system that you could restore the system state from ? (messy though without rights )

    if the nt password reset can't find the partition - are you using RAID or something that would need special drivers - try a linux boot CD like knoppix or ubuntu to see if will recognise the HD


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