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The password was recovered by a paper i found with it written down. I would assume the 2 suggestions would work after reviewing them. Thanks for the help and i am glad i didn't have to use the applications!
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The password was recovered by a paper i found with it written down. I would assume the 2 suggestions would work after reviewing them. Thanks for the help and i am glad i didn't have to use the applications!

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I have a Server 2003 that isn't part of a domain. The only account that was created was administrator. The server is at a clients site performing infrastructure applications and i need access to the box. The only issue is that i can't recal what the administrator password is. Is there a way to reset or recover with, no down time would be best but might be able to recover it with a small outage. <br />
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I have read about cd's, safe mode, and other non secure methods.<br />
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What is my best course of action?
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I have a Server 2003 that isn't part of a domain. The only account that was created was administrator. The server is at a clients site performing infrastructure applications and i need access to the box. The only issue is that i can't recal what the administrator password is. Is there a way to reset or recover with, no down time would be best but might be able to recover it with a small outage. 

I have read about cd's, safe mode, and other non secure methods.

What is my best course of action?

Password Recovery

Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available as a part of the Microsoft Office suite. Although often used mainly as an email application, it also includes a calendar, task manager, contact manager, note-taker, journal, and web browser.

Outlook

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).