[thelist] forgotten win2000 logon

[Richard Bennett]

Got it!
Using "Administrator " I tried all passwords I could remember, and got in! 
Thanks for the brain-jog.

Richard.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ross Lynch" <kernel at esatclear.ie>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 11:14 AM
Subject: RE: [thelist] forgotten win2000 logon


> 
> > I have a rather stupid problem.
> > I have a main PC, and a slave PC,setup in
> > a small home network, running
> > win2000 .
> > I accidentally changed my slave pc's
> > settings, to ask for a logon password.
> > Now I try all logon/password combinations
> > I can imagine I might have used
> > for that box, but I can't get it past the
> > "logon to windows" dialogue.
> > The strange thing is, I was under the
> > impression the logon password was for
> > authentication, not security, but on this
> > one I can't start windows at all.
> > Does anyone know how to change this?
> 
> Windows NT/2000 passwords are for security.
> 
> If you didn't set up any accounts on the machine,
> the Administrator account will be the only one
> active. You'll need to remember the password for
> that account. Maybe you left it blank?
> 
>  -Ross
> 
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