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Is it on a domain or a workgroup? &nbsp;<br />
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You could boot into safe mode, but without a valid password it won't help much. &nbsp;If it's on a Domain you should be able to log in as the Domain Admin, or manage it remotely to add an account to the local administrators group.
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Is it on a domain or a workgroup?  

You could boot into safe mode, but without a valid password it won't help much.  If it's on a Domain you should be able to log in as the Domain Admin, or manage it remotely to add an account to the local administrators group.

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There's always NT Offline Password Reset:<br />
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<a href="http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/" rel="ugc">http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/</a><br />
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Works pretty good especially on XP.
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There's always NT Offline Password Reset:

http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/ [http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/]

Works pretty good especially on XP.

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i can't even get to the BIOS without authentication.
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i can't even get to the BIOS without authentication.

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thanks, I ended up calling dell and they were able to assist.
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thanks, I ended up calling dell and they were able to assist.

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hey all anyone know a workaround for this.. a user left the company i recovered the comptuer.. the computer is set up to use fingerprint reader to get on it.. i dont have the admin password anyone have any thoughts around this?<br />
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&nbsp;i cant even boot to bios or another disk to change password..<br />
&nbsp;basically computer is a paperweight right now<br />
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it's a dell latitude xt
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hey all anyone know a workaround for this.. a user left the company i recovered the comptuer.. the computer is set up to use fingerprint reader to get on it.. i dont have the admin password anyone have any thoughts around this?

 i cant even boot to bios or another disk to change password..
 basically computer is a paperweight right now

it's a dell latitude xt

need to get into computer, don't have the admin password and it uses a fingerprint reader.

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