Windows 2000 Professional password lost

[Dale Eck]

When booting up the computer and logging into Windows
2000 professional our son typed in a user name and
password that he no longer remembers. How can we bypass,
reset, or eliminate this old password so we can log into
windows 2000 professional?

Please e-mail me at (e-mail address removed)

 

[Keith W. McCammon]

Google for "windows 2000 lost password"--this has been answered countless
times. Always Google before you post.

 

[sgopus]

Chill a bit, and give them an answer.
Yes I know it's asked hundreds of times per day..

Q321305 How to Log On to Windows XP If You Forget Your
Password
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-
US;Q321305


http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#password

Reboot to Safe Mode, select Administrator, leave password
blank.
Then go to User Accounts in Control Panel and
delete/change the
password.

You do not need to reinstall if you forgot the admin or
any other password.

There is a boot disk you can download at:
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

that will let you reset the password of any account on
NT4, Windows2000 or
XP.

Just follow all the default settings which are for the
admin account.


For an Win2k AD domain controller, you need to do more
than that:

http://www.jms1.net/nt-unlock.html