I have a question about Get Rid of the Logon Screen:

I purchased a computer with Win 2000 Pro from my former (now defunct company). They didn't take out the login password so I can't log on. Is there any way to log in and then change the password? I don't mind if I have to reformat the hard drive since I don't have a need for anything that may have been left on the drive. Thanks

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you need to boot up the PC then delete the file named sam in winnt/system32/config. The directory may also be other name like Win2000 than winnt. To boot up the PC, you can use a W9x startup floppy. If the Win2000 is installed using NTFS rather than FAT32, you must use NTFSDOS to boot up and delete. NTFS may be downloaded, serach for the name on Internet.


On Tuesday, January 8, 2002 at 3:04 pm, Paul wrote:
>I have a question about Get
>Rid of the Logon Screen:

I purchased a computer with Win 2000 Pro from my former
>(now defunct company). They didn't take out the login password so I can't log on.
>Is there any way to log in and then change the password?
>I don't mind if I have to reformat the hard drive since I don't have a need for anything
>that may have been left on the drive.
>Thanks
>
>

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I have a similar problem--I'm the computer teacher and in our school one of the kids messed up the win 2000 pro logon--whether on purpose or accidently I can't get into this computer. I hate the thought of reformatting because of my labs T1 network system. One of my friends told me there's a "back door" entry and I'm waiting for him to show me but till then this station is kaput. Would appreciate the help... Thanks, Mr. Di


On Tuesday, January 8, 2002 at 3:49 pm, 56syblina wrote:
>you need to boot up the PC then delete the file named sam in winnt/system32/config.
>The directory may also be other name like Win2000 than winnt.
>To boot up the PC, you can use a W9x startup floppy.
>If the Win2000 is installed using NTFS rather than FAT32, you must use NTFSDOS to
>boot up and delete. NTFS may be downloaded, serach for the name on Internet.
>
>

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On Tuesday, January 8, 2002 at 3:04 pm, Paul wrote:
>I have a question about Get
>Rid of the Logon Screen:

I purchased a computer with Win 2000 Pro from my former
>(now defunct company). They didn't take out the login password so I can't log on.
>Is there any way to log in and then change the password?
>I don't mind if I have to reformat the hard drive since I don't have a need for anything
>that may have been left on the drive.
>Thanks
>
>

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On Sunday, August 4, 2002 at 10:28 am, max butler wrote:
>All u have to do in (win2000) is set ur password to nothing (blank) for the administor of coarse then their is an option above in the control panel then users and passwords (where u set ur passwords) to turn off logging in everytime once u uncheck that command ull never be prompt for a password again. In (win98) just right click on network neighborhood and click the drop down menu and click windows login. Also make sure u DONT have a password set. And if its a fresh OS and u dont type a password to begin with ull never be prompted in WIN98.
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Thank you very much for the tip! I had the same problem, and it saved the trouble and time of reformatting and reinstalling the whole OS!


On Tuesday, January 8, 2002 at 3:49 pm, 56syblina wrote:
>you need to boot up the PC then delete the file named sam in winnt/system32/config.
>The directory may also be other name like Win2000 than winnt.
>To boot up the PC, you can use a W9x startup floppy.
>If the Win2000 is installed using NTFS rather than FAT32, you must use NTFSDOS to
>boot up and delete. NTFS may be downloaded, serach for the name on Internet.
>
>

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That will not work. Isnt it stored in the regersitery? SAM file


On Tuesday, May 14, 2002 at 4:42 pm, Mr. Di wrote:
>I have a similar problem--I'm the computer teacher and in our school one of the kids
>messed up the win 2000 pro logon--whether on purpose or accidently I can't get into
>this computer. I hate the thought of reformatting because of my labs T1 network system.
>One of my friends told me there's a "back door" entry and I'm waiting for him to
>show me but till then this station is kaput. Would appreciate the help...
>
>Thanks, Mr. Di
>
>

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I deleted the file and still it asks for one? any ideas? its windows 2000 andi deleted the file called sam in winnt/system32/config/

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i give up . what is a w9x start up floppy ? how do i get one ? jon
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You make one yourself, for free, by following the directions here:
http://www.bootdisk.com/

Jerry

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thanks jerry but i went to that page and i did not see any w9x in the lists that were shown. at the bottom they talked about it. can you just spell it out which one i need to down load on that page. sorry but nothing is ever simple it seems. thanks. jon

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The term "W9x" in an unofficial one, used by Geeks for the trio W/95-W/98-W/me. For general command line purposes, the one from Windows 98 Second Edition is most popular. Download the image that bootdisk says matches to Win98se.

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Kiwi

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On Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 7:45 am, jon gwinner wrote:
>thanks jerry but i went to that page and i did not see any w9x in the lists that
>were shown. at the bottom they talked about it. can you just spell it out which one
>i need to down load on that page. sorry but nothing is ever simple it seems. thanks.
> jon

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hi kiwi thanks for your reply. the systems you wrote about do not include 2000 pro. will they work on it too ? jon

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You specifically ASKED about W9x, and I answered you. As long as the drive uses "FAT32", the first part of this thread's initial advice still applies (added at the end).

All Windows 2000 versions are considered "Professional" by Microsoft. The PC and the Hard Drive don't care what boot disk is used to start up and then to edit the password file. For NTFS on the Hdd, then a Win98, or any other "9X" makes no difference -- none will work. So see again the original reply.

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Kiwi

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On Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 1:29 pm, jon gwinner wrote:
>hi kiwi
>
> thanks for your reply. the systems you wrote about do not include 2000 pro.

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| Tuesday, January 8, 2002 at 3:49 pm | Posted by 56syblina (4 messages posted)

| you need to boot up the PC then delete the file named sam in winnt/system32/config. The directory may also be other name like Win2000 than winnt. To boot up the PC, you can use a W9x startup floppy. If the Win2000 is installed using NTFS rather than FAT32, you must use NTFSDOS to boot up and delete.

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