Lost Logon Password

[Lucas]

Help! I have been deployed and can't remember my logon
password. Any ideas will be tried.

 

[Guest]

Hi,

Unfortunately you will not be able to crack the pwd in Windows. Have you attempted to log on with the Admin profile? If you are still locked out your only option is to install Windows to a new directory back up your data or move your profile t the new installtion. Here are the steps below on how to install Windows to a new directory.

1. Insert your Windows 2000 CD
2. Restart the machine
3. Press the key specified to enter your BIOS. In most cases you need to press Del to enter the BIOS setup. You should see a message on startup, right in the beginning, which says something like “press <key> to enter setupâ€. E.g. Press Del to enter setup
4. Go into either the Boot section, if you have one, or the 2nd option (should be something like “BIOS features setup†or “Advanced BIOS featuresâ€)
5. Change to boot sequence (should show as “boot sequence†or first boot device; 2nd boot device; 3rd boot device; etc.) so that CD-ROM is first
6. Exit saving changes
7. When you see the message to press any key to boot from CD, press any key
8. At the "Welcome to Setup" screen, press Enter to do a clean install
9. Press F8 to agree to the license agreement
10. Press Esc to perform a clean installation. (If this option is not available, skip to the next step.
11. Press Enter to install to the selected drive
12. Press C to continue if prompted
13. When prompted to format, select the option to “Leave the current file system in tact†and press Enter
14. At the next screen, press Esc to change the directory
15. Change the path to \Win200
16. Press Enter
17. Complete the installation

Regards,

 

[Dave Cooper]

I have used a utility called ntpasswd, which boots from a floppy.

 

[Guest]

If you can not crack the password you can almost alwys
change it using a variety of utilities. Try this website
for a good utility http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

-----Original Message-----
Hi,

Unfortunately you will not be able to crack the pwd in

Windows. Have you attempted to log on with the Admin
profile? If you are still locked out your only option is
to install Windows to a new directory back up your data or
move your profile t the new installtion. Here are the
steps below on how to install Windows to a new directory.

1. Insert your Windows 2000 CD.
2. Restart the machine.
3. Press the key specified to enter your BIOS. In

most cases you need to press Del to enter the BIOS setup.
You should see a message on startup, right in the

4. Go into either the Boot section, if you have one,

or the 2nd option (should be something like â?oBIOS
features setupâ? or â?oAdvanced BIOS featuresâ?).

5. Change to boot sequence (should show as â?oboot

sequenceâ? or first boot device; 2nd boot device; 3rd
boot device; etc.) so that CD-ROM is first.

6. Exit saving changes.
7. When you see the message to press any key to boot from CD, press any key.
8. At the "Welcome to Setup" screen, press Enter to do a clean install.
9. Press F8 to agree to the license agreement.
10. Press Esc to perform a clean installation. (If

this option is not available, skip to the next step.)

11. Press Enter to install to the selected drive.
12. Press C to continue if prompted.
13. When prompted to format, select the option to â?

oLeave the current file system in tactâ? and press Enter.