Forgotten Administrator Password in Winnt.sif

[nixclusive]

I made an unattended WinXP disk in which I put an encrypted Administrator Password. However, it was two months before and now I cannot recall the password in my new installation. There's no other user account in the installation. Os there any way to retrieve the admin password from winnt.sif? Or do I have to fix the whole thing with a new winnt.sif file?

Please help...

[Zxian]

Moved to Unattended Forum.

[Takeshi]

Is there any way to retrieve the admin password from winnt.sif?

A:

Well yes, but not directly. You can guess the pw by trial and error and let Setupmgr encrypt it again and see if it matches.