Need win2k password help please

jabr1

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Apr 11, 2001
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Have a major problem. My friend installed win2k for me (upgrade)I think. Anyway I never had to logon, I guess he bypassed this. So my problem is now it wants me to log on but I never had any password before, it used to boot up like 98. My friend can't figure it out either. Is there a way to bypass this or work around to get into windows. He says just reinstall, but then I'd lose everthing. Please help Is there a master password or something???
 

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Never heard of one, but I'm new to Win2k... Did you have access to all the Administrator options before? It's possible you were on as a guest...
 

jabr1

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Apr 11, 2001
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I am kind of new to 2k also.I don't know much about admin tools etc. As I said I didn't have to log on before so maybe I was a guest. We just had alot of crashing in 98 with some programs so my friend hooked us up with w2k.
 

IamDavid

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This probably is a stupid question but have you tried to use the name Administrator with no password yet?
 

jabr1

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tried that, no go . tried everthing I could think of. I read in a thred last week I think where you can reload over your existing os and not lose you data but I searched and couldn't find the thread
 

aUt0eXebat

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theres no way to get passed it if you lost your admin password, then you are scrwed, no way around that, unless you format and reinstall. win2k comes packed with some basic security features, but get evn more tough when you apply secuirty polices, and auditing settings
 

JLindo

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Not sure this is the same as NT 4, I would think it is, but if it is possible, you could reinstall the OS in a different directory, backup all your info, and then reinstall from scratch again.
 

jabr1

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Viola, After bugging my friend some more He remembered writing down the admin password in one of my notebooks so I dug around and found it. Now I guess I have to figure out what user I am and get into that. Not how I wanted to spend my daybut at least I am learning something.