Re: W2k Professional

From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou_at_nospam-comcast.net)
Date: 04/20/04 

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 04:21:28 GMT

The built in administrator account can not be locked out so hopefully you know that
account name and password. If you wait a while maybe the lockout counter will reset
itself but if that does not happen within a day you are probably out of luck in that
regard. --- Steve

http://securityadmin.info/faq.asp#password --- tips from the FAQ on password issues
which require full physical access to a computer.

"bj" <bj@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:148001c42681$62b9d8c0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> After the third attempt to logon W2k Professional, I was
> lockout. Is there some way I can logon without having to
> do a reinstall (the computer was donated to my church and
> we do not have the OS)?

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