How to enter windows?

[GZ]

Hi, Someone left for vocation and did not leave password. Now, our company
cannot open windows on that computer. We need use that computer but do not
want lose any data, anyone can help?
System: Windows 2000 professional.
Thanks!
GZ

 

[Giuseppe Carmine De Blasio]

anyone can help?

Yes. Use the phone to talk to the person to ask for the password. Or, talk
to the Sysadmin to have another password. Or, use the UserID and password of
another account.

 

[GZ]

Thanks for reply!
However, the guy didnot leave phone number when he left. Neither there is
system administrator nor other user account on this computer. How can we
deal this problem?
May be install Windows Server on this computer?
GZ

 

[Giuseppe Carmine De Blasio]

How can we deal this problem?
Log with the ID an password of another computer in the network; so you can
join the domain.

The extreme solution would be to reinstall W2k, repairing the original
configuration.

 

[news.microsoft.com]

Goto http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm! There is a
bootable CD image that you could burn and boot to on this workstation. If
you scroll down, there is a file called cd040116.zip. It's a 2mb ISO image.
Just boot to it and follow the instructions. You have to tell it which
device contains the installation where the user database is (it doesn't work
against AD, just local system). I've had best results by just blanking out
the password, then just resetting it once i've logged into it. Sometimes
setting the password via this tool, doesn't always work.

hope that helps, adam