My friend and I are trying to get a 2-year retired computer up and running and we forgot the password so we started up dos and we see the hard drive. What files do we need to access to get past the password? We're running windows 2000 and we are in desperate need of help. And if anyone can find out how to override the password that would be greatly appreciated.
2007-05-12 10:42:08 · 12 answers · asked by Yankees fan 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
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2007-05-12 10:47:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can try the escape key. You can also try a null password. A lot of users will have a null password for the Admin account. A reinstallation of Windows 2000 should work if nothing else.
Another user suggested deleting any .PWL files. That would work on 95, 98, and maybe ME, but I am not aware of it working on other versions of Windows.
2007-05-12 11:03:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you don't know the password to get Win 2000 running, just format the hard drive and reinstall windows.
Simple.
2007-05-12 10:44:42 · answer #3 · answered by Stuart 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-04 23:33:32 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get into dos mode with your start-up disk and delete file named .pwl
Reboot and there should no longer be a prompt asking for a password.....
2007-05-12 10:55:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I usually use a program called "Offline NT Password & Registry Editor"
Its easy to use and have never failed.
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
Some extra resources:
http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm
http://www.lostpassword.com/
2007-05-12 10:54:43 · answer #6 · answered by B1t Hunt3r 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
reboot the computer hit f8 to go into safe mode and log in to administrator and you should be able to remove the password in there if that doesn't work you might have to download software to remove it.
2007-05-12 10:45:22 · answer #7 · answered by unknown_0020 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
format the disk
2007-05-12 10:45:42 · answer #8 · answered by clone_hiryu 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
your options are:
in dos type deltre,
or reformat your drive
or sledgehammer, and get a different cpu, your call.........
2007-05-12 18:56:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
in dos run DELTRE
2007-05-12 10:45:36 · answer #10 · answered by redworm2k2 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋