Forgot windows 2000 password at startup

[MSgig055]

I have a computer running Windows 2000 and haven't used it for a while.
I forgot the password upon start up.

How can I delete or bypass the password?
Once I get in, how can I prevent having to use a password at start up?

Thank you
George/USA

 

[Pegasus [MVP]]

I have a computer running Windows 2000 and haven't used it for a while.
I forgot the password upon start up.

How can I delete or bypass the password?
Once I get in, how can I prevent having to use a password at start up?

Thank you
George/USA

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forgot Windows password

 

[Dave Patrick]

http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/

Then for an "NT"ish operating system you can run regedit.exe and navigate
to;
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
edit the Reg_Sz string values
"DefaultUserName"
and
"DefaultPassword"
to reflect the correct username and password. (note: the password for an
autologon account can not be blank)
and set the Reg_Sz value of "AutoAdminLogon" to "1"

(if they don't exist then ADD them)


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[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/

Then for an "NT"ish operating system you can run regedit.exe and
navigate to;
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
edit the Reg_Sz string values
"DefaultUserName"
and
"DefaultPassword"
to reflect the correct username and password. (note: the password
for an autologon account can not be blank)
and set the Reg_Sz value of "AutoAdminLogon" to "1"

(if they don't exist then ADD them)

And for those who dislike mucking about in the registry, click Start,
click Run, type "Control UserPasswords2" and press enter. Click on
the username to login as automaticaly, un-tick the box for "Users must
enter a user name and password to use this computer.". Click OK, and
enter the password for the account when prompted.

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Zaphod

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something big and sinister going on in the world.
Slartibartfast: No, that's perfectly normal paranoia. Everyone in the
universe gets that.

 

[John John - MVP]

And for those who dislike mucking about in the registry, click Start,
click Run, type "Control UserPasswords2" and press enter.

Control userpasswords on Windows 2000, userpasswords2 is an XP thing.

John

 

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

Control userpasswords on Windows 2000, userpasswords2 is an XP
thing.

Thanks for the clarification, I had forgotten that distinction.