> If you have forgotten the Admin password,
> you are probably out of luck for YOUR
> specific database.
> That's the bad news.
> Every time you create a VSS data base,
> you get a new Admin account without
> a password.
> You may have to deinstall/reinstall VSS
> if you have only a single VSS database.
> Or, you may be able to cheat
> by copying a VSS database from elsewhere.
> ..... the VSS Admin Login dialog has three fields:
> Username: with Admin greyed out
> Password:
> Database:
> Note that Database has a [Browse...] button.
> If you click the [Browse...] button
> you get the Open SourceSafe Database
> dialog ... if you are lucky you may be
> able to find an Available database
> that you can work with because it
> has no Admin password.
> Note that the Open SourceSafe Database
> dialog also has a [Browse...] button
> of its own. You may be able to find
> other VSS databases to try to open.
> Once you get logged on as Admin,
> then you can create more VSS
> databases through Tools, Create Database.
> Note that an anomaly of VSS passwords
> is that they do not seem to be case sensitive.
> It is a good idea to password
> protect your Admin and other
> VSS user accounts ... it's also
> a good idea to remember passwords ...
> you are not alone (unfortunately)
> when it comes to forgetting passwords.
> good luck
> gerry
> BTW ... you may have, as you say,
> left your Admin password empty
> when you created you VSS database ...
> that's a serious problem because
> anyone can mess with your Admin
> password. g.
> --
> gerry lowry 905.821.7907
> ability business computer services
> 1537 Kirkrow Crescent
> Mississauga, Ontario
> Canada L5M 3Y9
> gerry.lo...@abilitybusinesscomputerservices.com
> http://abilitybusinesscomputerservices.com
> "Krishna" <kash...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:335901c32466$65050dc0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> > I have a VSS database that asks for the password when I
> > login as administrator (though I remember leaving the
> > password empty when creating).
> > Is there any way I can reset the administrator password
> > so that I can add new users to it
> > Cheers
> > Krishna
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