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09-18-2001, 09:45 AM
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password problem
Hi,
I have Win2000 professional, just trying to get familar with it. now when i come up to the log on screen my password doesn't work. Is there any way i can get around this and go in and reset it or something. Anything would be nice other than this. I would hate to have to reformat/reinstall over something like this. Thanks, for all your help. jw |
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09-18-2001, 10:00 AM
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When you installed, you set an administrator password. Can you log in as administrator with this password? If so, you can add and remove users.
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09-18-2001, 10:27 AM
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If you run on FAT32 then boot with a windows 98 cdrom to the prompt and then change the drive to c:\winnt\system32\config and there delete the file SAM the restart your computer and when presented with the password login just hit OK for the adminstrator account -
if youare running NTFS then you can use a second Windows 2000 machine install your drive as a secondary master and do exactly the same as above - except ther is no need to boot from the windows98 cdrom - this will allow you to afterwards create a new password...
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09-18-2001, 03:09 PM
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Thanks guys, I did just what Hpro said and it worked wonderfully. Thanks again.
jw |
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