I Forgot My Administrator Password!
If you have ever forgotten your Windows administrator password then you probably panicked, and ultimately ended up wiping your hard drive and performing a clean install of Windows. I bet you did not know that was completely unnecessary, as there is a pretty simple method for resetting an administrator password on just about every version of Windows.
ERD is an excellent multi purpose product, but you should know it is not a necessary one if you have a healthy system and your sole problem is the inability to logon to Windows due to a forgotten password. Not necessary because you can easily change or wipe out your Administrator password for free during a Windows XP Repair. Here’s how with a step-by-step description of the initial Repair process included for newbie’s.
The main reason I bring this up is because it is an attack vector on to a workstation and, ultimately, network. If the system administrators have not properly locked down a computer then the chances that this simple “attack” succeeds is fairly significant.