Unable to log on

[Marc]

Hi,

I bought a second hand PC with a Win2K Pro OS. It was
configured to run on a network. I changed the settings to
run as standalone, entered the requested Administrator
password and then booted up the machine.
It however, no longer accepts the password. Neither the
Admin password that I created nor the user password I was
given earlier.
Booting up from set-up disks and trying to use the
recovery console does not help either, since the harddisk
is encrypted. Is there any way to get the set-up disks to
run the encryption application as part of the boot up from
diskettes so that I can enter the passwords to decrypt the
hard disk ?

Regards

 

[john]

hate to break it to you,but if you don't have a username
and password for someone to logon with administrative
privileges and reset the password, you'll have to re-
install 2000. there is no way around it.

 

[Guest]

Thanks John, for the reply.

But I do know the Adminstrator password that I entered. It
just does not accept that.

 

[leng_211205]

hi,
i also have the same problem,can't log on.i know my
password but won't recognize.i was wondering if you alredy
solve your problem. if so ,pls reply thanks.

 

[Maki Hideyo]

Just posiblity:
Did you confirmed you entered true-password in terms of
Upper/Lower Character?
or even space or spaces entered after string you used. (a kidn of prefix
or suffix)
Good Luck!

message | hi,
| i also have the same problem,can't log on.i know my
| password but won't recognize.i was wondering if you alredy
| solve your problem. if so ,pls reply thanks.
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Thanks John, for the reply.
| >
| >But I do know the Adminstrator password that I entered.
| It
| >just does not accept that.
| >
| >
| >
| >>-----Original Message-----
| >>hate to break it to you,but if you don't have a username
| >>and password for someone to logon with administrative
| >>privileges and reset the password, you'll have to re-
| >>install 2000. there is no way around it.
| >>>-----Original Message-----
| >>>Hi,
| >>>
| >>>I bought a second hand PC with a Win2K Pro OS. It was
| >>>configured to run on a network. I changed the settings
| >to
| >>>run as standalone, entered the requested Administrator
| >>>password and then booted up the machine.
| >>>It however, no longer accepts the password. Neither the
| >>>Admin password that I created nor the user password I
| >was
| >>>given earlier.
| >>>Booting up from set-up disks and trying to use the
| >>>recovery console does not help either, since the
| >harddisk
| >>>is encrypted. Is there any way to get the set-up disks
| >to
| >>>run the encryption application as part of the boot up
| >>from
| >>>diskettes so that I can enter the passwords to decrypt
| >>the
| >>>hard disk ?
| >>>
| >>>Regards
| >>>.
| >>>
| >>.
| >>
| >.
| >