win 2000 logon error - help...

[felixg 0]

I installed Windows 2000 and the system could not log me on because I forgot the password. Is it possible for me to change the password? I tried CTL-ALT-DELETE so I could change the password but it just doesn't do anything....

 

Thanks a lot.....

[thymios 0]

If you are logging in as administrator(I don't mean having administrative proviledges but loggin in as Administrator-user name), then there'e not much you can do.Otherwise if you specified a different user name in the setup then try:

user:Administrator

Pass:<none>(leave this black i mean).

Then logged as Admin go to users in control panel and change the pass to whatever you want

[felixg 0]

Hi thanks alot for the reply.

I tried typing Administrator then leave the Password=blank but It says the System could not log you on make sure your user name or Domain name is correct.

 

If you have a way to open the Operating system so I could change the password would be fine.

 

Need your advice

[Dirty Harry 0]

Quote:

I installed Windows 2000 and the system could not log me on because I forgot the password.

If you just about installed W2K and forgot yoyur password already, why don't you just do a reinstall ? Takes you about half an hour.

If you want advice on how to bypass the W2K password protection, this is kinda the wrong place, no matter how legitimate your particular motive might be.

H.

[thymios 0]

The best thing you can actually do now is what Dirty Harry suggested.Re-install win2k(you don't need to format just insert your CD boot from CD-ROM and choose install-not repair because i am not sure if repair procedure asks you again for passwords etc.)

It's wise to have the Administrator account with a password that you will always remember(choose something easy but NOT obvious!), for situations like this one.

Take care.

[felixg 0]

Thank you very much....