Re: User ID & Password

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Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 12:27:04 -0800

  Thank You for your help. I have installed other Windows OS(up to 98se) but
was unsure about Windows 2000. I knew it was a bit more complicated to
install, being used with a network and the security items that have to be put
in place. I think I will do the reinstall as you suggest. Thanks again,
Keith.

"Roger Abell [MVP]" wrote:

> OK, for full disclosure sake, there are ways to get into a
> Windows 2000 system by setting the admin account password
> to a known value. I would recommend that you build a system
> that is refresh and know clean instead however.
> To install, you need the CD and the license key (which is often
> on a label on the machine if the OS shipped with the machine)
> or on the CD holder.
> Installing is pretty much a process of booting from the CD
> and then reading and following the prompting.
> Now, as it sounds like you have never done this it might be
> a good idea to ask for some guidance before doing this, either
> by a Google search on installing Windows 2000 or by checking
> in a newsgroup for setup or general discussion. It is pretty
> straight-forward, but with Windows 2000 you may want to
> do some planning first since you will need to do quite a bit
> of OS security patching. On good way is to see if you can
> get a copy of the latest Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 and
> the post-Service Pack 4 Update Rollup, and also a copy of
> a firewall product, and have these on a CD ready to apply
> right after the OS is installed, but before you have connected
> to the network. etc..
> If you want to just set the password and take it from there see
> the first (ntpasswd) free tool link listed in
> http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#password
>
> "chevytrk826" <chevytrk826@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:75729DF1-C6B4-449C-9998-80FC89661D09@microsoft.com...
> >I have the Windows 2000 professional CD, is this the media that you are
> > talking about? If so do I install the CD in the CD ROM and restart the
> > computer to format and reinstall and if so will it guide me thru like the
> > other Windows OS's? Thanks
> >
> > "Roger Abell [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> If you have legal rights to the OS installed then they were
> >> supposed to transfer the media with the machine.
> >> The best thing to do is to use this media to do a format
> >> and new install so that you end up with a system that is
> >> fresh, as there is no telling its current config or condition.
> >>
> >> "chevytrk826" <chevytrk826@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:F4FFAACA-6D88-49E1-87B6-3ED4EF4071D6@microsoft.com...
> >> > I was given a computer that belonged to a company and it has Windows
> >> > 2000
> >> > Professional O/S. My question is how can I get rid of everything on
> >> > the
> >> > computer except the O/S? I would like to keep the same O/S on it but
> >> > every
> >> > time I turn on the machine it asks for a user ID and password and I
> >> > can't
> >> > get
> >> > any further. Is there a way to use this computer as a home computer?
> >> > Thank
> >> > you in advance.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

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