Thanks Sorin, That worked a treat... I am in. Cheers, Steve -----Original Message----- From: Sorin Srbu [mailto:sorin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 15 October 2002 10:22 To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] Re: Changing Adminsitrator password... On Tue, 15 Oct 2002 11:13:05 +0100, Steve Rance wrote: >I have been given a Windows 2000 Professional laptop to reconfig and no = =3D >one knows / remembers what any of the local passwords are. It also =3D >looks like the NIC and Modem have been disabled because they don't = work. > >I have been searching technet, but so far have not found anything that = =3D >will help me get into the laptop. > >Can anyone help me get into this laptop. Get chntpw from http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html Create the bootdisk, boot from it, change the pwd. Reboot, log on and change the desired settings. Be warned that this tool is DANGEROUS! HTH. BW, Sorin # Sorin Srbu, Systems Engineer Web: http://www.farmaci.uu.se # Dept of Medical Chemistry, Phone: +46-18-4714482 >> 5 signals >> GSM # Div of Org Pharm Chem, Mobile Phone: +46-701-718023 # BMC, Box 574, Uppsala University Fax: +46-18-471-4474 # SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden Visit: BMC, Husargatan 3, D5:512b # # Public PGP key available on request. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm