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Win 2000 Admin password lost
Name: Dan Date: March 19, 2001 at 08:37:49 Pacific
Comment:
The adminstrator password for Win 2000 has been lost
Name: kev Date: March 19, 2001 at 09:21:04 Pacific
Reply:
Hard Luck! There are no back doors in 2000. Reinstall is the only option that I can think of. Save what you can as a user.
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Response Number 2
Name: mike Date: March 19, 2001 at 12:17:04 Pacific
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If the 2000 server is running on the nw then go to one of the workstations or other servers running nt4 and run lophtcrack...might take a while but, it'll dump the password from the registry...
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Response Number 3
Name: Harald Bilke Date: March 19, 2001 at 14:54:47 Pacific
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There is a Linux based (tested and worked for me - not the DOS version) that manipulates the user database. You can give a new pw for the admin-account. Worx even w/strong pwd.s
You need physical access to the machine and mut be able to boot from floppy.
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Response Number 4
Name: Kurt Stuhler Date: March 20, 2001 at 12:04:15 Pacific
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The program Harald speaks of is great. I use it quite a bit and has saved us many times. It can be found at -
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
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Response Number 5
Name: Heather Date: June 26, 2001 at 13:39:58 Pacific
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I'm going to try this today, this eunet.no address. My entire vacation photo album is lost on a Win2K machine with a lost password. I will owe you all my life if this works..... Thanks!
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Response Number 6
Name: san Date: March 15, 2002 at 14:11:29 Pacific
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I can't remember my 2000 win. admin password. What to do ???
Summary: Sorry, but I think you out of luck. Without the Admin. password you will have no way of retrieving any of the passwords. My advice would be to slave it to another harddrive and get the files you nee...
Summary: I lost the admin password for my win 2000 pc, i have no other account on it even the guest will not work. I called MS to send me a new disc and they said it will be 7 weeks before I get it. How c...
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