re: Win2000 admin password loss
Monday, March 6, 2006 at 7:52 pm
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by DEX
(11846 messages posted)
mysh
Many ways to do what you want to do.
This is what I recommend you do.
1st reset the Admin.password and get into win2k and get things in order b/4 you
move up to XP if that's what you want to do.
see the link to the software to reset it below ▼
I don't recommend a Upgrade to XP from win2k, always do a clean install of OS is
the best way to go.
You will just need to take my word for it.
I do recommend a dual boot system (win2k and XP) so you can besure if you like XP
b/4 you drop win2k.
The XP will do all the work for you or you can use a 3rd party software program like
Part.Magic 8.0 to setup a new partition to put XP on or you can use a slave drive
also.
When you setup the partition for XP use the same format you are now using for win2k
(NTFS or the fat32)
Once you have XP on the machine then reinstall the programs you want to keep and
then move the DATA over from the win2k OS .(doc,mp3,jpg,email,address book,etc.)
reset below ▼
Austrumi (v0.9.2 - December 2004)
Austrumi is a Linux bootable ISO image for recovering NT passwords and other cool
tools and methods, sized for Business Card size CD media (50Mb).
It allows you to change any password, including that of the Administrator, on a partition
occupied by Windows NT, Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
Simply boot the CD and when you get to the initial boot prompt, type:
nt_pass
This will launch a console utility that will detect Windows partitions on the hard
disk and provide you with a menu to modify any user or Administrator passwords on
the Windows system.
It will even give access to the Windows registry for recovery purposes.
Quite a handy utility to keep in your wallet (AUSTRUMI is small enough to fit on
a business card-size CD) if you are unfortunate enough to having to deal with Windows
machines in your line of work.
Read more at http://sourceforge.net/projects/austrumi
Download links:
Austrumi v0.9.2 (ISO file, 50.9mb)
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/austrumi/austrumi-0.9.2.iso?download
also read the Related articles under the Austrumi item.
http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm#2
τΏτ DEX/Bj
You can also help some one :>)
Please revisit your post so that others on this forum will know if the solutions
were helpful or not helpful .
On Monday, March 6, 2006 at 7:27 pm, mysh wrote:
>Hi guys,
>
>My win2000 started asking for admin password which has always been blank... anyhow,
>I cannot login into the system. Rumor is I have to reinstall the OS, or to upgrade
>it to XP (which I would rather do, actually)
>Is there a way to do it without losing all the info from the hard drive?
>
>Thanks!
>Mysh
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