Hi There- I've installed the win2k for the first time at our work and during the install, I gave the Administrator password as xyz (three characters). And after the rebooting, even though I enter the above said password, it is not allowing me login to the computer, saying that password is not correct. Any Help in this regards is much appreciated.

Try doing it in all caps, perhaps the CAPS LOCK was down accidentally when you set it. --- Geoff

Thanks for your kind reply. But I did try that and didn't work...:( with regards, Ratnakar

try it blank, perhaps you didnt give it a password as you thought.

Well...I tried that too... Still no luck...any more suggestions???

Install a second version as: c:\temp\winnt-t It will set itself as default to boot; it will present you with a fresh Admin login (for this temp version). Leave the password blank (this version is not going to be around very long...) and boot through to the temp version. Reset default OS to boot to the original version; ensure time to boot is at least 10secs. (perhaps even the default 30secs.?). Locate (via Explorer) the SAM file in the original version (winnt\system32\config) and delete it. Reboot to original version; it will present you with a fresh Admin login for this (original) version; pick your password (perhaps keep a safe/secure/private copy somewhere?) and you're back in. Once in OK, locate and dlete (via Explorer) the c:\temp\winnt-t version. Job done - all it took time/effort... For future reference, the following post includes the above and a few other options... one of which is the Linux boot-disk option; it being the other 'freebie' solution. http://www.computing.net/windowsnt/wwwboard/forum/17360.html Note: Deleting the SAM file deletes all account/user info, so any you may have established previously will have to be re-established.

this looks like it might work...and I will try it out first thing tomorrow morning as it is time to leave for today(1745EST)... thanks with regards, Ratnakar