Re: Help! Can not log on due to a mistake in installation.

From: karl [x y] (jamescagney90210@excite.com)
Date: 08/11/02 

From: "karl [x y]" <jamescagney90210@excite.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 18:01:47 -0400

The administrator account is administrator. The password is one that you
would have set. If you did not type a password, then the password is
nothing. Try logging in as administrator with no password.

Renaming the SAM file by moving the hard drive to another windows 2000
computer or by using a dos / windows 9x/ME boot floppy [if the drive is FAT
formatted], or using a special Linux disk can allow you to reset the
password. Search this newsgroup and/or www.jsiinc.com for the word
"password" to see other possible answers, there are several.

"raulgh5" <raulgh5@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:15f801c24090$8e7b9fd0$9ae62ecf@tkmsftngxa02...
> Dear all:
>
> I made a mistake during my installation of win2000. In the
> last setup stage, I choose the option that "All users must
> use a name to log on" rather than the default
> option, "Windows will assume the same user log on....".
>
> The result is that I cannot log on under whatever name. I
> tried to log on as administrator or pc2000 which is the
> user name, but all failed. I think the reason is that
> there is an administrator accout in the system but I
> didn't set the password for it during setup stage.
>
> Any idea to solve this problem? I really don't want to
> reinstall the system again.
>

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