Re: NO USER Password Provided but Password Requested

From: adrian (adumitru@eternitee.com)
Date: 09/12/02


From: "adrian" <adumitru@eternitee.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 08:41:57 -0700


Another way is to delete the NTUSER.dat connecting the
HDD to another NTFS system . You will have a administrator
without password !

>-----Original Message-----
>
>"Weldon Scrivner" <wscrivner@hti.wtxcoxmail.com> skrev i
meddelandet
>news:1093901c25a2a$0dea7270$35ef2ecf@TKMSFTNGXA11...
>> I requested Windows 2000 to make ALL users use a
password
>> to gain access to the computer but I DID NOT specify a
>> password using Ctrl-Alt-Del. Thus, when the computer
>> rebooted, it asked for a password that I do not have.
>> Does Windows 200o have a default password just in case
>> this happens? Is there a way to copy the old default
>> password over the new setting(s) or perhaps delete the
>> Administrator subdirectory entirely, OR copy the another
>> NTUSER.DAT file to replace the new one. I can't get the
>> computer to boot to safe mode since it still wants a
>> password. I thought about getting the computer to boot
to
>> MS-DOS but I not sure that any program will then be able
>> to copy or delete these files since WINNT is in the NTFS
>> system. ANY and ALL IMMEDIATE ideas would be GREATLY
>> appreciated. I hope to avoid calling Microsoft on this
>> one but I might need to due to urgency. HELP! weldon
>
>Another lost password question - *sigh*
>
>Have you tried just pressing enter?
>You were logged in as a user when you told Win2000 this -
that password is
>still the same.....
>
>If you need access to your drives, search google
for "ntfs2dos" or if it was
>"ntfsdos".
>If you need to reset your passwords, just google for lost
password and you
>will find hundreds of answers.
>
>Khay.
>
>
>
>.
>



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