Re: Window's 2000 NT

From: Torgeir Bakken (Torgeir.Bakken-spam@hydro.com)
Date: 09/23/02 

From: Torgeir Bakken <Torgeir.Bakken-spam@hydro.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 02:50:57 +0200

Brian Alfano wrote:

> I recently bought a laptop second-hand from a corporate
> auction. The computer is running Windows 2000 NT, however
> when I purchased the computer they forgot to mention the
> the NT Login Password. I'm not very technically savy and
> have no idea how to get around this. Is there a way? Or
> do I need to purchase a new hard drive. Thanks for your
> help.

Hi

Did the OS licence follow the computer? Most likely, it is an OEM version of
Win2k, and that licence is tied to the computer forever, so that means that you
in that case have a legal licence.

You do *not* need to buy a new hard drive in any case. If you can't manage to
hack the password of the Administrator (see below), you can boot on a Win2k CD
and format the hard disk (a clean install).

To reset the administrator password:

Tip 1984 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com/reghack.htm

- and -

From: Stephen Souza (ssouza@.usa.#Niner.net)
Subject: Re: PASSWORD REMOVAL
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win2000.security
Date: 2002-09-12 11:57:38 PST
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=Xns92879791282FBStephenSouzausanet%40209.189.89.243

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"LINDA" <CPSPECIAL@ATT.NET> wrote in news:f52f01c25a85$f118f4d0
$2ae2c90a@phx.gbl:

> My 12 yr. old has a computer running Windows 2000 Pro. He
> likes to think that he knows a lot about computers and
> frequently changes his password. However, he was gone
> for a while and has now forgotten the password. How can
> we override it or delete it?

Subject: Re: forgot admin password

a. http://www.sysinternals.com - ERD Commander 2002
b. http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
c. http://www.dmzs.com/tools/files/
d. http://www.nmrc.org/files/snt/index.html - bootdisk.bin
e. http://www.sunbelt-software.com - NTAccess
f. http://www.2600slc.org/texts/SAM_Files.txt

These tools will allow a reset of the password
without knowing what the orginal was.
All require a re-boot of the system.

I have used options a, b, c, d. I like ERD Commander
but it is expensive, I would suggest trying
(b) ntpasswd, it does work and is free.
(c) boot cdrom (ISO) version of b.
(d) another version of b.
(e) commercial software

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--
torgeir

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