cannot rememeber windows 2000 password

porkrind · 12 Sep 2006 at 18:42

mate has given me his comp to fix, I say fix all thats the matter is that he cant remember the password on his win 2000 pro machine

can i get round this other than re-install,( ain't really got the time tbh)

cheers

csmager · 12 Sep 2006 at 19:00

Yep - there's a bootdisk called the ntpasswd recovery tool that can reset the admin password.

It's also contained on the Ultimate Boot CD (http://ubcd.sf.net/)

J.B · 12 Sep 2006 at 23:00

on xp, not sure bout 2000 you can enter into safe mode on the administrator account and reset other users passwords

Andyt_uk · 12 Sep 2006 at 23:09

search for Emergency boot cd, should be the first link on google. Burn that to CD and boot from it and it'll give you the option to change the password.

csmager · 13 Sep 2006 at 10:48

J.B said:
on xp, not sure bout 2000 you can enter into safe mode on the administrator account and reset other users passwords

You shouldn't be able to if there's a password on the admin account...

VeNT · 13 Sep 2006 at 11:35

csmager said:
You shouldn't be able to if there's a password on the admin account...

unless they forgot to set one on the admin account at install.

ns400r · 13 Sep 2006 at 13:19

VeNT said:
unless they forgot to set one on the admin account at install.

Or it's XP Home.

Gibbs · 13 Sep 2006 at 13:22

erd commander will do the job nicely or http://www.ubcd4win.com/contents.htm

Have a look at the Password Tools bit about half way down