Microsoft visual sourcesafe password recovery

Other solutions on the net suggest replacing um. I wouldn't go that way - it causes even more database corruption. That didn't happen the one time I used this approach, but I was working on a test copy of a VSS database that I could recreate if I had to so I wouldn't have been too worried if something terrible had happened.

Hack at your own risk! Any chance Microsoft will provide a supported remedy for the problem of forgotten passwords? But surely Microsoft can provide some mechanism within Visual SourceSafe to allow customers to reset their password? With suitable levels of protection and audit of course. The Windows User account mechanism allows an administrator to reset a password albeit with the loss of encrypted data. Microsoft Passport provides a mechanism for resetting my password if I forget it. Why not VSS?

Not really. If there is more than one administrator defined, then one administrator can reset another administrator's account.

Of course that solution isn't perfect, resetting a password like that makes encrypted data inaccessible. A better solution is for an administrator to create a Password Reset Disk which they can use to reset their password if they forget it.

That approach works even if there is only one administrator. Yes you can reset the builtin Administrator's password from another account with administrative privileges.

I just tried it on a Virtual PC I have. I think we are talking at cross purposes here. I accept that for whatever reason Microsoft will not help a customer recover a password they have lost. That's water under the bridge. What I'm suggesting is that, for the benefit of future victims of this not uncommon problem, Microsoft change Visual SourceSafe to add some suitable mechanism to allow customers to fix the problem themselves. I don't much care for that as a solution - it still leaves you in the position that if the disk is lost or damaged you lose the ability to reset your password.

Consequently, you must use labels to stamp the project with an identifier that is used to extract source files on the debugger client. Thus, before indexing, you must verify that all changes are checked into the database and then apply a label to the project.

Labels can be applied using the command:. After the label is applied, you can specify this label to the SrcSrv indexing script by setting the environment variable, SSLABEL, or by passing it as a command-line parameter, as in the following example:. Again, this label is required for SrcSrv indexing to work. Note that if you pass a label that does not exist in the project, it can take a long time for the script to complete and the results are of no use.

This applies not only at the time the build is indexed, but also on the debugger client. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info. Contents Exit focus mode. Please rate your experience Yes No. Instead, it was at 0x When I followed the instructions above, it would have overwrote a different user defined at that location. So I could see where the user name definition began in the file.

I use VSS 6. It looks like user definitions begin every 64 bytes, like at 0x80, 0xC0, 0x, 0x The only thing I did different from Finn's directions above was to start at the offset for my Admin user. It worked fine. Of course, it is entirely possible that this was a fluke and these directions may completely screw up your dat file.

Hi, Excellent tip! I found that the offset can be different for each um. As the um. If you have a user name that appears aplhabetically before "Admin" they will appear at offset And Admin will apear further down the file. Thanks Finn Brodersen!! Red Flag This Post Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate.

Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework. Close Box. Log In Come Join Us! Posting Guidelines Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden. Loss Admin password Loss Admin password Do anyone know how to solve the problem? RE: Loss Admin password contact Microsoft, that's the only way to break admin password if you forget.