http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html is the source for that tool. You should read the instructions there carefully, as disabling syskey can cause problems on 2000 --- Matt Andreko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You could always use the linux boot disk located at > http://www.nttoolbox.com/public/tools/LinNT.zip to > reset the local admin > password on each machine instead of reinstalling. > > > -- > Matt Andreko > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Bujaucius > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 3:47 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Local Administrator Rights > > I thought the domain administrator logging in on a > Windows 2000 machine > automatically was granted local administrator > rights. Someone who > doesn't work here anymore removed domain admin > privilege from the local > admin group on several W2K workstations. The only > member of the local > admins is now the local administrator. For some > reason they made the > domain admin a member of the local power users > group. I don't have the > local admin passwords on these machines, they could > be anything. I > cannot uninstall or install applications from these > workstations. > Anyone know of a way for a domain admin to force > their way into the > local admin group? The alternative is to reinstall > 2000. > > Thanks, > Dave >
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