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Win2000 admin password loss
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Win2000 admin password loss
Monday, March 6, 2006 at 7:27 pm
Posted by mysh
(2 messages posted)
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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re: Win2000 admin password loss
Monday, March 6, 2006 at 7:52 pm
Posted by DEX
(11847 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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re: Win2000 admin password loss
Monday, March 6, 2006 at 11:00 pm
Posted by mysh
(2 messages posted)
Hi Dex,
thanks for the advice. I have a really stupid question - how do I burn an ISO image?
I have a CDBurnerXPPro3, and I asked it to burn an ISO image on a regular disk, however
my pc does not want to boot from it.
Thanks again,
Mysh
On Monday, March 6, 2006 at 7:52 pm, DEX wrote:
>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
>
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> 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 .
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re: Win2000 admin password loss
Tuesday, March 7, 2006 at 9:14 am
Posted by DEX
(11847 messages posted)
mysh
The ISO file is just data most cd burning programs will let you make a boot cd and
add the ISO to it.
Most will ask you for a boot disk from the A: drive to get the boot files.
You can download a win98se OEM boot disk from bootdisk.com if you don't have one
on hand.
You can use DeepBurner (free) for one of the software programs to make a boot cd
and add the ISO to it.
DeepBurner Free ▼
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4055
DeepBurner Pro. for 20.oo bucks ▼
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4310
Magic ISO Maker 4.5.0.107 is also a great program ▼
30.oo for this one,this one will store the boot files on the HD so you don't need
to use the floppy disk all the time.
http://www.topshareware.com/Magic-ISO-Maker-transfer-8760.htm
http://www.newfreeware.com/audio/2431/
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 11:00 pm, mysh wrote:
>Hi Dex,
>
>thanks for the advice. I have a really stupid question - how do I burn an ISO image?
>I have a CDBurnerXPPro3, and I asked it to burn an ISO image on a regular disk,
however
>my pc does not want to boot from it.
>
>Thanks again,
>Mysh
>
>
>
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re: Win2000 admin password loss
Tuesday, March 7, 2006 at 8:29 pm
Posted by DEX
(11847 messages posted)
mysh
Looks like the software you will do just fine.
You just need to check the item,see snapshot below.
CDBurnerXP Pro
http://www.cdburnerxp.se/screenshots/create-iso.png
http://www.cdburnerxp.se/
http://www.freewarefiles.com/programs.php?ProgramID=9600&
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 Tuesday, March 7, 2006 at 9:14 am, DEX wrote:
>mysh
>The ISO file is just data most cd burning programs will let you make a boot cd and
>add the ISO to it.
>Most will ask you for a boot disk from the A: drive to get the boot files.
>You can download a win98se OEM boot disk from bootdisk.com if you don't have one
>on hand.
>You can use DeepBurner (free) for one of the software programs to make a boot cd
>and add the ISO to it.
>DeepBurner Free ▼
>http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4055
>DeepBurner Pro. for 20.oo bucks ▼
>http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4310
>
>Magic ISO Maker 4.5.0.107 is also a great program ▼
>30.oo for this one,this one will store the boot files on the HD so you don't need
>to use the floppy disk all the time.
>
>http://www.topshareware.com/Magic-ISO-Maker-transfer-8760.htm
>http://www.newfreeware.com/audio/2431/
>
>
> 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 .
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