Re: Locked Win 2k machine at login page

From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou@attbi.com)
Date: 04/12/03


From: "Steven L Umbach" <n9rou@attbi.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 02:57:23 GMT


       You need to log on using your local administrator account. Don't
remember or know it?? Your are not the first. See ling from FAQ. --- Steve

http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#password

"Rich Halliwell" <spike@e-spike.co.uk> wrote in message
news:024c01c30063$0be64af0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> I just changed the domain on a laptop, using an admin
> account, to a workgroup. Now when i go to try and login
> with the same account, it won't let me logon, because i
> think the admin password was linked to the old domain.
> How can i get back into the system to set it back to
> using the old domain? - i don't know the administrator
> account information, but its a toshiba laptop so i expect
> any default settings will still be present. How can i fix
> this??
> thanks
>
> Rich Halliwell



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