Win 98 Administrators password

I have obtained a part time voluntary role within a local school in the ICT
department. Nothing technical, defragging, virus scans and general printing
problems, maybe helping out with very basic Word and a paint programme.

The PCs are networked and I tried to scan a document on one of the PC's with
Syphos and it said the data file was 4 months out of date. I guess the main
programme to download the data files would be accessed using the
administrators privilege.

However, although I have a list of all the passwords for each year class,
the Admin password was not listed.

I have contact previous the admistrator who left the role in June but he
said he could not remember ???

I also contacted the schools ICT support and they said all was lost, try to
guess, eg schools name, area, postcode, but as suspected it simply wasted an
hour of my time.

Any guidance would be appreciated.

kind regards


James

Windows 98 computers don't have an "administrator" account - all users have
full rights unless you have used local security settings to change that.

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"Leonard" wrote in message
...
I have obtained a part time voluntary role within a local school in the ICT
department. Nothing technical, defragging, virus scans and general printing
problems, maybe helping out with very basic Word and a paint programme.

The PCs are networked and I tried to scan a document on one of the PC's
with Syphos and it said the data file was 4 months out of date. I guess
the main programme to download the data files would be accessed using the
administrators privilege.

However, although I have a list of all the passwords for each year class,
the Admin password was not listed.

I have contact previous the admistrator who left the role in June but he
said he could not remember ???

I also contacted the schools ICT support and they said all was lost, try
to guess, eg schools name, area, postcode, but as suspected it simply
wasted an hour of my time.

Any guidance would be appreciated.

kind regards


James

Windows 98 computers don't have an "administrator" account - all users have
full rights unless you have used local security settings to change that.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User]
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Leonard" wrote in message
...
I have obtained a part time voluntary role within a local school in the ICT
department. Nothing technical, defragging, virus scans and general printing
problems, maybe helping out with very basic Word and a paint programme.

The PCs are networked and I tried to scan a document on one of the PC's
with Syphos and it said the data file was 4 months out of date. I guess
the main programme to download the data files would be accessed using the
administrators privilege.

However, although I have a list of all the passwords for each year class,
the Admin password was not listed.

I have contact previous the admistrator who left the role in June but he
said he could not remember ???

I also contacted the schools ICT support and they said all was lost, try
to guess, eg schools name, area, postcode, but as suspected it simply
wasted an hour of my time.

Any guidance would be appreciated.

kind regards


James

Thank you for the reply.
I have only just started at the school ( Friday) so finding my way around.
I am not IT trained, just helping out.
The PC's are all networked, and when I went control panel users I found
options of

Admin
Class 1
Class 2
Class 3
Class 4 etc

I will check again on Monday and hopefully be able to provide more ( and
better) information.






"Richard G. Harper" wrote in message
...
Windows 98 computers don't have an "administrator" account - all users
have full rights unless you have used local security settings to change
that.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User]
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Leonard" wrote in message
...
I have obtained a part time voluntary role within a local school in the
ICT department. Nothing technical, defragging, virus scans and general
printing problems, maybe helping out with very basic Word and a paint
programme.

The PCs are networked and I tried to scan a document on one of the PC's
with Syphos and it said the data file was 4 months out of date. I guess
the main programme to download the data files would be accessed using the
administrators privilege.

However, although I have a list of all the passwords for each year class,
the Admin password was not listed.

I have contact previous the admistrator who left the role in June but he
said he could not remember ???

I also contacted the schools ICT support and they said all was lost, try
to guess, eg schools name, area, postcode, but as suspected it simply
wasted an hour of my time.

Any guidance would be appreciated.

kind regards


James

Thank you for the reply.
I have only just started at the school ( Friday) so finding my way around.
I am not IT trained, just helping out.
The PC's are all networked, and when I went control panel users I found
options of

Admin
Class 1
Class 2
Class 3
Class 4 etc

I will check again on Monday and hopefully be able to provide more ( and
better) information.






"Richard G. Harper" wrote in message
...
Windows 98 computers don't have an "administrator" account - all users
have full rights unless you have used local security settings to change
that.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User]
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Leonard" wrote in message
...
I have obtained a part time voluntary role within a local school in the
ICT department. Nothing technical, defragging, virus scans and general
printing problems, maybe helping out with very basic Word and a paint
programme.

The PCs are networked and I tried to scan a document on one of the PC's
with Syphos and it said the data file was 4 months out of date. I guess
the main programme to download the data files would be accessed using the
administrators privilege.

However, although I have a list of all the passwords for each year class,
the Admin password was not listed.

I have contact previous the admistrator who left the role in June but he
said he could not remember ???

I also contacted the schools ICT support and they said all was lost, try
to guess, eg schools name, area, postcode, but as suspected it simply
wasted an hour of my time.

Any guidance would be appreciated.

kind regards


James