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forgot password in Windows2000

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How can I log into Windows2000 when I
forgot my password?

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by goran.nummelin

Have somebody with adminstrator rights (either local machine or domain) log into your machine and set your password either to blank or something agreed upon and then also to check the flag to force changing of password at next logon. After that you can log on with the agreed password and will be prompted for a new one.
If, on the other hand, no one else has an open account on your PC then the issue is rather more difficult. If you have a repair disk (created with the backup utility) then you can use the repair option of the W2K install routine. Last option is to try using a password cracking program like Passware or l0phtcrk but that asks for some fairly deep understanding on how these are stored on the computer.
Good luck.

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