bypassing logon in win2k

You are correct. Win2K requires you to enter log-on credentials whether the computer is connected to a network or not.

Your easiest solution would be to remove the hard drive, install it as a slave drive in another Win2K computer, and access thehard drive as a secondary drive.

Once you have removed any relevant data, you can reformat the drive, replace it in the original system, and reinstall the OS to meet company requirements.

Go to this URL:
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/index.html

And get the Offline NT Password & Registry Editor. This is a Linux boot floppy with its own password cracker. The web page will tell you how to make the floppy. YOu then put the floppy in the PC floppy drive, and boot off of it.
After 2 minutes, it will ask you what password for the local Administrator account you want to use. Type in a password of your choice.
AFter that, remove the floppy and boot normally. YOu can then log in as the local Administrator with the password you supplied!

This is easier than doing a brute force attack (or a dictionary attack). If you want to try one of these methods, let me know.

hope this helps

If you have the SAM file (on your Rdisk) you can use LC3 (www.l0pht.com) or other crack util to retrieve the password.

You can also optionally set a new one with this util which works on Win2k with syskey on.

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

Hi,
It it's just data you want, you can reinstall the os over the top (ie don't format first), that will leave any flat files intact....

www.winternals.com

A copy of ERD commander will make a set of bootable floppies to boot the system, change the admin password, copy files off the NTFA partitions, start & stop devices/services.

A pretty good tool to have...

hi,
try reboot and f8 command, this will take you to the system, there you can change the admin password.