Win2k Pro: Password Problem

harmlessbee_at_Americahm
Date: 10/30/03 

Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 09:29:02 -0800

>-----Original Message-----
>I have Windows 2000 Professional, and my kid just played
>with my laptop. After the laptop being restared I couldnt
>log on to my laptop & i dont know my admin. password.
>
>
>What should I do? how could i log back on to win2k on my
>laptop
Try this fews tricks:
  when you reach the logon screen type username (e.g
administrator),leave the password text blank and press
enter or clikc login, try it on all account you have on
your machines. (This will work if your kids have reset the
password to blank)
  Try it on your guest account. Geust account is one of
the in-built account the ships with windows. Or if you
know the guest password and the account have not been
disable you can login as guest. If you can login as a
guest, you are as good as the administrator if you know
what to do.
   If your machine is part of a domain, you can boot it to
the login screen and use any machine that is part of the
same domain to reset your password.
    

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