Logon problems

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Tony D

I received a used windows 2000 machine from a family
member. I went into the system settings to change the
current network ID info to our home workgroup and a new
username.

Therefore, I went into the network ID area, and specified
a new workgroup and a new computer name. It asked me to
reboot, so I did. Upon restart it asked for the
username, password and defaulted the username of the
previous user account. I tried the old password and no
luck. I did not specify a new password with the new
workgroup/pc name and now cannot get on to this machine.
Am I out of luck or is there a way I can get back onto
this machine to correct my network and computer identity
settings?

Any help would save me an entire re-installation of the
OS. Thanks.

-Tony D
 
You'll have to ask your family member for the password
that goes with the local administrator account for the
machine. He in turn will probably have to ask the network
administrator at his place of employment. If the machine
was legitimately purchased then this should present no
problem at all.
 
The purchase was legitimate, however was done upon
leaving the company a year ago or so. Is this my only
alternative w/o reloading the O/S?

I appreciate your prompt reply. Thanks.

-Tony D
 
Even if the purchase happened more than a year ago, the
network administrator would still have the password. They
rarely change local account details.

If it was my machine then I would reload Win2000 anyway, for
these reasons:
- To ensure that I get a clean, robust installation of Win2000
- To get a legitimate installation. The licence you currently have
probably belongs to the original owner, and cannot be used elsewhere.
 
Invest in WINTERNALS. It is a bootable disk that will let
you logon locally to the root winnt installation and reset
the admin password. well worth the money.
 
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