Windows 2000 admin password

[Anddavid]

Is there any way to recover or reset this?

 

[ThaGrandCow]

yes... reformat
Unless you've got major important info on the drive, you might as well give up now

 

[SoulAssassin]

Do you have any other accts that are in the local admin grp?

 

[scotters]

3 ways:

1. If formatted FAT32, boot off floppy and browse C:\ to winnt\system32\config. Delete SAM. Reboot and admin password set to blank.

2. If formatted NTFS, take HD and slave into another Win2k or XP Pro system to do the above.

3. Otherwise, as noted, reinstall!

 

[NogginBoink]

<< yes... reformat
Unless you've got major important info on the drive, you might as well give up now >>


Not so fast... as long as the files aren't encrypted, you can install W2K to another directory on the same drive, or put this drive into another W2K machine, to recover data before reformatting and reinstalling.

But ultimately, there's no way to recover the password, no. There are third party utilities that claim to be able to do this. Some may work. YMMV.

 

[SoulAssassin]

<<
But ultimately, there's no way to recover the password, no. There are third party utilities that claim to be able to do this. Some may work. YMMV. >>



l0pht crack will do it.

 

[spyordie007]

and if you cant crack it here is a link to a program that might be able to reset it
link

-spy

 

[Abzstrak]

The link from spyordie007 is a linux boot disk that I have used in the past, worx great and only takes a few minutes.

Good luck