Window 2000 Pro

[OUTLAWS WHOCARES]

Here is my problem.
My buddy forgot hispassword and can't log in.
What can I do to bypass this and reset his password?

[Sirc]

You can't, he's screwed. The best you can do now is put his hard drive as a slave drive in another Win2K system. That way you can at least back up the files on it before you re-install the operating system.

If it weren't this way then the password protection wouldn't be very useful.

[Sirc]

That was assuming he is on his own computer and is the only one with admin rights.

[OUTLAWS WHOCARES]

Great I have no desire to do all that work.
Maybe I can find something that can help. :oooo:

[Sirc]

If you find a way around the password protection in Win2K then I'm sure Microsoft would be willing to pay to find out how you did it. :P

[JIMINATOR]

ummm, have him type in administrator with no password.
unless he changed the acct, he should be good to go.
then he can reset his other password...

[JIMINATOR]

oh, and if that doesn't work, and you enjoy pain, then you can go to
http://www.ntsecurity.net/Articles/Index.c...?ArticleID=9186 (http://www.ntsecurity.net/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=9186)

i that it can crack the password if the computer is on a domain, may not be useful otherwise.

[Sirc]

Originally posted by JIMINATOR@Aug 25 2003, 05:40 PM
ummm, have him type in administrator with no password.
unless he changed the acct, he should be good to go.
then he can reset his other password...
:lol: That's true. Many people make a new account and don't password protect or remove the original default account.

[Crism]

can you download Knoppix and try to mess around with some windows files?

[EXEcution]

If it happened in WinXP, would you be able to bypass the password? :hmmm: