Reset Accounts on an old Computer

Question

I’m interning at a small software company and trying to set up a local server. I’ve found two old machines that are available for use, running Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.

However, no one knows the passwords for these machines. Is there any way to reset the user accounts without any OS installation discs?

Answer 1

There is a handy tool that will let you change the administrator (and any other user) passwords from a simple boot disk. It's not the most friendly of utilities, but it does the job quite well.

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