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by kchamberlin

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I have a pc that needs work done to it but can't get past the Windows Password! I know what I set it up as - someone changed it. Nobody remembers who or what or why. It is sitting now asking for the windows password and I can't get past it!!! This is a Windows 2000 Pro. Any help? I don't want to blow the machine away.

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by f1dotcom

Hi,
You have not specified whether you have admin rights on the computer. If you have admin rights on the computer, then you can logon using the administrator profile and change the password. If you do not have the admin password, it is almost impossible to reset the password.

by kchamberlin

Yes I have Admin rights. It is not taking the password I set up for it. I can't even get to a command prompt. I have a tool if I could get there!

by techfish

I have try this bd011022.zip, inside contain
the file to generate a bootable diskette and
will boot to linux/unix base environment
you can change any password you want.
very cool and straight forward and I have try it and and works fine. Thefile you
can search from the net, if you could't get it
reply to me!

by chutchings

One way to regain administrative rights is to reinstall W2k without formating the drive. You won't lose any data on the drive and you'll be able to acces it all.

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