password not known

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 07/13/04


Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 14:06:57 -0700

if the OS is windows 2000. you can use a program called
Linboot, this will allow you to reset the admin password.
>-----Original Message-----
>I have been given an old IBM model 600E laptop to use but
>no one knows the password needed at the Windows login-
>screen.
>What options do I have to make use of the machine?
>I today heard about password-crackers; never knew such a
>thing existed; how do they work?
>.
>



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