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Win2000 registry/password?

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by fightingfrog76

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Can the Admin password be turned off in the registry. I have a computer in my classroom we need to bypass the administrative rights to change some configurations. Don't know where to go in the registry, if it is possible. Thanks!

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by joseph moore

Wait. Are you saying that you have a Win2k machine that you do not know the password for the Adminstrator account?

Well, if you have another Adminstrator-level account, you could log in with that account, then open up the Local USers & Groups snap-in, and change the Admistrator password.

If you don't have another Administrator-level account, then try this:

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/index.html

hope this helps

by w2ktechman

If you want to remove the administrator password altogether I would say to check out Wininternals.com and look into ERD Commander. Or NTFSDOS, then you can rename the SAM file and it will be recreated with no password for the administrator account.

If you have the administrator account password, and something is locked where you cannot change it, you should be able to assign the rights to change it to the administrator account, and gain access that way. I hope this helps.

by carlos0463

You might want talk to the IT department in your school, they might have those settings there for a reason.

by mark

You sound like a student wanting to break into the school computer. Better find the school computer administrator and ask him/her for a login that will give you the access you desire.

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