Getting Administrator Security in WIN 2000

[bengel]

I have a brand new pc with win2000 on it. The user set himself up as a power user instead of an administrator. Now the only administrator for his system is the default administrator which has no password. How do I get the users name back to administrator status if I don't have and administrator logon and password?

 

[guidos]

By "no password" do you mean it's a blank password, or that you don't know what it is? In either case, the Power User can log in as himself and make himself a member of the Administrator's group. Power users can create and manage LOCAL users and groups. Hope this helps you out...

 

[bengel]

Whenever I try to add the power user to the administrators group Windows tell me I can't because I don't have the clearance to do it. The actual password for the Administrator is blank.

 

[GlenJohnson]

Silly question, are you logged on as admin when you try, and are you authenticating locally or to a domain? Glen A. Johnson
Microsoft Certified Professional
gjohn76351@msn.com

"Man is not weak; knowledge is more than equivalent to force."
Samuel Johnson (1709-84), English author, lexicographer.

 

[hchman]

Log off and log back in as yourself. In the domain is there an account set up for local machine? Example:

User name Johndoe
Password whatever
Domain Hit the down arrow on your keyboard.
What are your choices?

 

[GlenJohnson]

Can you defrag? If not go into local users and groups, select admin groups and add whoever you want. Obviously you have to get back in with admin rites first. I select add, then the drop down arrow select entire enterprise and find the user you want to add, (Like yourself) and this will give you local rites to do what you need. Found out about this when I started joining w2k pros to domain, and users couldn't even defrag because they didn't have sufficient rites. Don't know if this helps, but it's a place to look. Good luck. Glen A. Johnson
Microsoft Certified Professional
gjohn76351@msn.com

"It still holds true that man is most uniquely human
when he turns obstacles into opportunities".
Eric Hoffer (1902-83), U.S. philosopher.

 

[hchman]

Wait a min. Did you say you do not have the administrator logon name or password?

 

[prescot9]

bengel,

A general rule of thumb, is that if you need to "work" with an account, ensure that you are logged in as the Administrator of the local PC - NOT ADMINISTRATOR OF ANY DOMAIN!
Ok, so you don't know the Administrator password?
1.) Log in as a power user.
2.) Riight click the "My Computer" icon, and choose "Manage".
3.) Go down the list to "Local Users and Groups", and click the " + ".
4.) Double click "Users".
5.) Right click "Administrator", and choose "Set Password"
6.) Type in whatever you want, bear in mind that you should remember it, and that it is CASE-SENSITIVE!
7.) If you don't receive an "Access Denied" message, then you've successfully changed the Administrator account password...for the LOCAL PC.
8.) Log in as Administrator with the new password, and ensure that you select the LOCAL computer name in the "Log on to" box...if you don't see a "Log on to" box, click the "Options" button, and you'll see it!

Let Me Know!

Rich
prescot9@hotmail.com
Father, Geek, and MCP

 

[VictorySabre]

This thread is confusing... Okay bengal, from the chain of messages, you say Administrator account has a blank password (I assume the user told you what he used for the password?) Now if this is the case, you can log out and log back in using the local administrator account that the user created to make your changes to put the user's name into the administrator group.

 

[ahahah]

forgot the windows 2000 password, any one what to do thanks

 

[Guest_imported]

i did everything you said and it said acces denied how can i get by the acces denial program

 

[GlenJohnson]

Have you tried logging onto the local computer with the administrator account and no password at all? Glen A. Johnson
Microsoft Certified Professional
gjohn76351@msn.com
"Accident is the name of the greatest of all inventors."
Mark Twain (1835-1910), U.S. author.

 

[netwalker1]

you have to log into the local computer using the administrator user ,, so that you can change the user you want !
if you don't have the administrator password ,, see the FAQ , it will help you to get the password , or to get into the administartor account .. Eng.Mohamed Farid
Cisco Certified Network Associated ,,
Building Cisco Remote Access Network Certified ,,
Routing Cisoc Networks Certified ,,
Switching Networks Cisco Certified ,,

 

[crisc]

Guidos wrote:
"the Power User can log in as himself and make himself a member of the Administrator's group. Power users can create and manage LOCAL users and groups."

This is not true. Power users cannot add themselves to the admin group. Only local admins and domain admins can add more admins...What happens when you try the administrator username and nothing in the password box?

 

[netwalker1]

of course you are right crisc !
I was shocked when I saw this , and I asked bengel to logon as an administrator account ,,
( local or domain ) Administartors only who can add more Admin !!!
Eng.Mohamed Farid
Cisco Certified Network Associated ,,
Building Cisco Remote Access Network Certified ,,
Routing Cisoc Networks Certified ,,
Switching Networks Cisco Certified ,,

 

[Guest_imported]

Have you forgotten the administrator password, and no other user accounts exist to log in to your Win2000 computer with an NTFS file system? Follow these steps to create a new admin account.

Take out the hard drive with the NTFS file system from the computer, and put it into a PC (with Win2000 and NTFS too) as a slave.
Back up the files on the slave on the master hard drive, then erase the SAM file of the slave hard drive.
Put the hard drive back as master on the computer where you took it out.
Start the computer, and you now have a new administrator account with a blank password.

 

[netwalker1]

No , Don't Do This ,, Deleting SAM File from NTFS is not a solution, it will corrupt the Windows ,, It only works with FAT ...

SAM Files kept hached passwords in FAT , and they are more secure in NTFS ..
So Don't Even think of this !!!! Mohamed Farid
Know Me No Pain , No Me Know Pain !!!