[windows2000] Re: Changing Adminsitrator password...

  • From: "Steve Rance" <steve.rance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 11:51:27 +0100

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 =
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>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 =
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>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

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