1. Use a MySQL utility such as phpMyAdmin

2. Open the database and select the table, jos_users . (replace jos_ with hyour own table prefix as appropriate).

3. Select the record for the administrator account - by default this is user 43.

4. Copy and paste the MD5 # below.

1232f297a57a5a743894a0e4a801fc3

5. Click Go to save the changes.

6. Point your browser to http://yoursitedomain.com/administrator . Enter the username admin and the password admin in the login box.

7. Once logged in go to User Manager and select the user you have just logged in with using this password and username and change the password for the user to something else. This is extremely important. Joomla! will encode this new password with the MD5 # and SALT encryption automatically.

8. Check all is ok with Front-end access by opening your site http://yourdomainname.com and logging in using the username asdmin and password as you have just set it in the Back-end.