No password

[daniel]

My nice Changed the password in the user account, of
course, they have any clue what she did and they asked to
my about that. Is there any chance to enter to WK2
without the password??
Thanks!!

 

[Guest]

It's quite simple :

1) Attach your harddisk to another computer.
2) Find a file called logon.scr (C:\Windows\System32\logon.src). Rename it to logon.scr.ol
3) Find a file called cmd.exe (C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe). Copy it to the same folder but with new name: logon.sr
4) Detach the harddisk, attache it to the old computer. Start the computer.
5) When you see the logon screen do not press any buttons or move the mouse. Wait about 15 minutes.
6) The OS will start screen saver (logon.scr). But you have changed it with cmd.exe, so Command Prompt will start
7) Type the command: compmgmt.ms
8) The Computer Management tool will start under SYSTEM account. You will be able make any changes: create a new admin account, reset password, etc
9) Don't forget to rename logon.scr.old to logon.scr when the problem is solved

Use and enjoy
Best Regards
Igor Fomin, igorf ==AT== digdes ==DOT== co

 

[William W. Plummer]

It's quite simple

1) Attach your harddisk to another computer.
2) Find a file called logon.scr (C:\Windows\System32\logon.src). Rename it to logon.scr.old
3) Find a file called cmd.exe (C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe). Copy it to

the same folder but with new name: logon.src

4) Detach the harddisk, attache it to the old computer. Start the computer.
5) When you see the logon screen do not press any buttons or move the mouse. Wait about 15 minutes.
6) The OS will start screen saver (logon.scr). But you have changed it

with cmd.exe, so Command Prompt will start!

7) Type the command: compmgmt.msc
8) The Computer Management tool will start under SYSTEM account. You will

be able make any changes: create a new admin account, reset password, etc.

9) Don't forget to rename logon.scr.old to logon.scr when the problem is

solved.

Cute. I just install a second copy of the operating system into a different
directory, Win2K instead of WINNT. New Administrator account will be
created. No problem. It's handy to have that 2nd copy around for rescue
operations in the future.