Expired Password within Windows 2000

[Zinzan]

I have a friend who updated his PC from Windows 98 to Windows 2000 a few
years ago. HE has religiously amended his password every six weeks as the
system request him to do. He had been informed that his password would
expire in 4 days but did not change it. He then never used the PC for a
number of days and tried to login after the expiry date. The computer now
tells him that his password has expired and won't allow him access to the
PC. Is there any way around this situation?

I am unsure as to whether he set an administrator password when he
originally updated but he has tried accessing the system using the username
administrator but to no avail. Any help would be gratefully appreciated.

Thanks

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I have a friend who updated his PC from Windows 98 to Windows 2000 a few
years ago. HE has religiously amended his password every six weeks as the
system request him to do. He had been informed that his password would
expire in 4 days but did not change it. He then never used the PC for a
number of days and tried to login after the expiry date. The computer now
tells him that his password has expired and won't allow him access to the
PC. Is there any way around this situation?

I am unsure as to whether he set an administrator password when he
originally updated but he has tried accessing the system using the username
administrator but to no avail. Any help would be gratefully appreciated.

Thanks

When a password has expired then the user must enter a
new password immediately. If he does not then he won't
be able to use Windows.

 

[Wolf Kirchmeir]

He should have set the system not to require password changes. That's a
security feature for networked machines (and IMO should not be the
default setting, a) because it's not needed for stand-alone machines;
and b) there are lot of security issues with networked machines, and the
defaults should be that the admin and the user must make explicit
decisions about them, and not rely in defaults.)

He had been informed that his password would

[...]

Google on "Windows 2000 change forgotten password", and you'll find some
utilities that allow you to get into W2K and change the password. AFAIK
they all require bootable floppy disks. However, even with these
utilities it's not easy.

Good luck!

 

[Java Jive]

There's one called something like 'NT Key' or 'Windows NT Key' or 'Windows
2000 Key' which I use, that'll do it for you ...

 

[Gunrunnerjohn]

Reset the password with http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

I should charge for this I post it so often.

 

[Steven L Umbach]

He will be able to gain access if he creates a new password which will first
require that he enter his current password. If he is using a home computer
he may want to extend his password expiration quite a bit or maybe never
change it if he uses a strong password. It is OK to write down your password
as long as you leave it in a safe place where it will not be found by those
that you do not want to see it. However for a business/office/school
environment, passwords should be changed on a regular basis or implement
smart card logons. --- Steve

http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm -- last resort
option.