Help unlocking administrator account

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Laztug

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#34394 23-May-2009 16:51

What up people. I came on here to see if you guys could help me out with a HUGE computer problem I have. My Main administrator account is locked up and i can not access any files. I have tried other sites with no success.

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#217254 23-May-2009 16:55

Welcome Laztug...

May I suggest you post under the Desktop Computing forum with the subject line mentioning this?
It may get more attention from the fellow geeks :)

Laztug

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#217255 23-May-2009 16:56

Thank you ZollyMonsta! I will try that.

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#217258 23-May-2009 17:09

What version of OS/2 are you running?

Laztug

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#217265 23-May-2009 17:43

http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=50&topicid=34396

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Laztug

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#217266 23-May-2009 17:45

woops pretty crappy intro huh.

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#217281 23-May-2009 18:28

Do a search on the internet for a linux windows password reset disk, it will boot your PC off a CDROM drive, and with a text interface allow you to reset and unlock your administrator password by editing the SAM file.

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#226605 19-Jun-2009 10:54

ERD Commander (brought by MS so look for an older ISO) always works for me. Great little boot CD. It has even recovered a machine from a blue screen (it replaced the system reg key that was corrupt)

A must for any Desktop Engineers toolkit