lost Windows 2000 password

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marc

I appear to have accidentally created a password and now
it has expired. Can anyone point me to any publications
which tell how to recover or reset a password to allow
Windows 2000 to start up?
 
There are two ways to resolve this issue:

- The easy way: Log on under the alternative administrative account
you created when your first set up your machine, then use it to
reset the password of your main administrative account.

- The hard way: Download the tool from this link
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html,
create a boot disk with it, boot your machine with it and tell
it to replace your password. This is scary stuff but it works.
 
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