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Vinod - 27 Sep 2007 10:34 GMT

I jus completed my windows 2003 install on the virtual pc from the cd given
to me. I have misplaced the password. Can someone help me out?

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Mark Rae [MVP] - 27 Sep 2007 10:37 GMT

> I jus completed my windows 2003 install on the virtual pc from the cd
> given
> to me. I have misplaced the password. Can someone help me out?

Er...?

What password are you talking about...? The adminstrator's password which
you typed in during the install process...?

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Vinod - 27 Sep 2007 10:46 GMT

Yeah the administrator password. the iso image was given to me. i did not
have to type in the administrator password, i cant contact the person who
knows the password for a week now.

> > I jus completed my windows 2003 install on the virtual pc from the cd
> > given
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> What password are you talking about...? The adminstrator's password which
> you typed in during the install process...?

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Mark Rae [MVP] - 27 Sep 2007 11:48 GMT

> Yeah the administrator password. the iso image was given to me. i did not
> have to type in the administrator password, i cant contact the person who
> knows the password for a week now.

Hmm...

So you're asking in a Microsoft newsgroup how to hack into an installation
of Windows 2003...?

This has nothing to do with Virtual PC...

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Richard Cardona - 27 Sep 2007 10:42 GMT

> I jus completed my windows 2003 install on the virtual pc from the cd given
> to me. I have misplaced the password. Can someone help me out?

If you've misplaced the password you were prompted during installation
of Windows Server 2003 you haven't gained or lost anything in that
Server. Delete the virtual disk and start over, it takes a few minutes.

You need to log in to activate Windows so you've really lost nothing by
re-installing - except time. Remember the password next time.

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Vinod - 27 Sep 2007 10:53 GMT

Hi,
it might sound funny but i never really entered the password. the
installation was complete and now am at my logon screen. :(

> > I jus completed my windows 2003 install on the virtual pc from the cd given
> > to me. I have misplaced the password. Can someone help me out?
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> You need to log in to activate Windows so you've really lost nothing by
> re-installing - except time. Remember the password next time.

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Bo Berglund - 27 Sep 2007 18:11 GMT

>Hi,
>it might sound funny but i never really entered the password. the
>installation was complete and now am at my logon screen. :(

Did you really *install* W2003 onto a previously virgin VPC guest
disk?
Or did you copy a VHD virtual drive file from someone who has already
installed W2003 to it and then you created a new guest pointing to
this VHD file?

In the first case you *are* prompted during install for a password!
In the latter case the password belongs to the guy who did the
original install and thus he will have to share it.

In some cases an empty password can work.
User: Administrator
Password:

Bo Berglund
bo.berglund(at)nospam.telia.com

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ronald.phillips@gmail.com - 28 Sep 2007 11:40 GMT

> On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:53:01 -0700, Vinod
>
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> Bo Berglund
> bo.berglund(at)nospam.telia.com

and you find can out how to reset passwords easily by using this
amazing new thing called "google". Yep, it just came out like 9-10
years ago so it's not suprising that you may not have heard of it.

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