Re: Password Issues in Win 2000 Professional
From: Dave (noone_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 02/06/05
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Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 16:21:26 -0000
the one i have used is: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
which is free and has very good instructions. there are literaly dozens of
them out there if you search google for things like "windows 2000
administrator password reset disk free download" there are only 93k hits,
lots are only free demo programs though.
"Michael K." <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I did not delete any accounts. I added one account that had
> no privs. I tried blank PW null, PW, anything else I could
> think of.
> As to tools to reset Administrator account, where can I
> find the URL to download. I would hate to do a trial &
> error on one inthe hope that I find one that works and wont
> wipe out everything else.
> Michael K.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >did you delete the old account? and do you not know the
> built in
> >administrator account password?? have you tried the
> administrator account
> >with a blank password? there are tools out there that can
> go in and reset
> >the administrator password, they take a little bit of
> knowledge but if you
> >are down to reinstalling they are probably worth a try.
> >
> >"Michael K." <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> in message
> >news:1cc301c50bc1$705b1c20$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Dave:
> >>
> >> Thanks for the reply.
> >>
> >> You are correct on most things.
> >> I only added the account on the secy PC. I did not touch
> >> the Doc PC. The new account on the Secy PC only has default
> >> user privileges. Any of the files and apps created on the
> >> Secy PC were created under a default Administrator user
> >> with all its privs.
> >> I don't have the password for any of those power users. I
> >> would be surprised if I were able to copy the original
> >> desktop setting to the new user without being able to log
> >> on as Admin or some other ID with privs.
> >> Like you say, I have bigger problems. All the settings,
> >> including desktop, apps, databases, printers were created
> >> with the old userID and its privs. When I try to
> >> look/change printer settings, they are not changeable from
> >> that account.
> >>
> >> Michael K.
> >>
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >i am guessing that you used to be running without logging
> >> in at all, which
> >> >was probably running under an account that had
> >> administrator privileges.
> >> >now you have created new accounts on both machines and
> >> required them to
> >> >login, but you most likely made them as normal user
> >> accounts. you likely
> >> >have several problems.
> >> >
> >> >1. you don't have the desktop settings because now you
> >> have a different user
> >> >name, each user has their own desktop so any setup you had
> >> on the old
> >> >account are not available to the new user. to fix this
> >> you might want to
> >> >copy the settings from the old account profile over to the
> >> new one, or just
> >> >reconfigure the desktop of the new account with what is
> >> really needed.
> >> >2. you can't run apps that were installed under the old
> >> account. there are
> >> >a couple reasons for this, most likely the old apps
> >> require higher
> >> >privileges than a plain user has, try making the new
> >> accounts 'power users'
> >> >and see if that lets you run the old apps. it may also be
> >> that the data for
> >> >the old apps is in folders that are owned by the old
> >> account and you don't
> >> >have access to it at all, you would have to either take
> >> ownership of it or
> >> >give the new account administrator priviledge to go get it.
> >> >3. printing doesn't work. now that you are requiring
> >> login to the machine
> >> >you will have to bypass that for the printer share to
> >> work. you should be
> >> >able to do this by adding the doc's account to the secy's
> >> printer share and
> >> >giving it permission to print. since you don't have a
> >> domain you will have
> >> >to enter the doc's use name like machinename/username.
> >> >
> >> >oh, and all of this of course will require that you know
> >> the password of the
> >> >administrator account on both machines.... if you don't
> >> have that then you
> >> >have even bigger problems.
> >> >
> >> >"Michael K." <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> >> in message
> >> >news:0bb001c50bab$64f86240$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> >> >> Hello:
> >> >> Have a requirement to require passwords for Windows boot
> >> >> and screensaver PW. Configuration is a small doctors
> office
> >> >> with Doc having one PC and Secy the other. Both PC's are
> >> >> running Windows 2000 professional. A printer is
> attached to
> >> >> Secy PC. I set up a new user account for secy PC and
> turned
> >> >> on PW for boot and screensaver. The old config did not
> >> >> require any PW's at all. Now when I boot, new account
> works
> >> >> fine but all previous settings are reset(desktop,
> >> >> shortcuts, etc.) It accomplished what I tried to do!!!
> >> >> However, I've lost file permissions to apps that were
> >> >> running there. I can't go back to old way as there was no
> >> >> PW requirement for Administrator ID so no password
> was ever
> >> >> set. Also, Doc PC is unable to print via Secy PC. I would
> >> >> appreciate some advice on recovery, short of rebuild.
> >> >> Thanks for any help.
> >> >> Michael
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >.
> >> >
> >
> >
> >.
> >
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