> As for why, Administrator is the only local account with super-user > permissions that is guaranteed to exist. Windows uses it in case something > gone REALLY wrong, such as AD database recovery procedures. > > It is easy enough to enable a locked account with offline tools, if your system > gone into such disrepair, that you can no longer even boot it, and need a > LiveCD to login to local SAM environment. > But recovering a lost Administrator password is a nontrivial endeavor, and > chances to brind system into a working state without complete reinstall are > diminishing rather quick.
Ok, I will do it, I didn't think of that, thanks for sharing. Thank you the list, you have been really helpfull. Renaud -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
