I need to recover the local admin password for win 2000

[johnfaniyi]

I forgort my local admin password for win 2000 and need to either recover it or reset it. I want to do this without having to reinstall the OS. Someone told me to copy the SAM file, but don't know where it is. Is the SAM file a registry key or something? Okay thsese are my questions:

Is there a way to recover or reset the local admin password without reinstalling the OS ?
Is there a software out there that does this ?
Where exactly is the SAM file located ?
Is there an easy fix ? (as most of the places I looked have a long drawn out process)

Please help me .........

 

[GrnEyedLdy]

John,

Try this,

http://www.firewall.com/dcforum/SECURITY/90.html

Hope this helps,

Patty

 

[radiojaw]

I've run into this in the last year on two Win2k desktops. The "fix" was a Linux boot disk that allowed reset of the password. Try this link for detailed info. Good luck.

http://www.ntsecurity.net/Articles/Index.cfmArticleID=9527&pg=1&show=711

 

[rtlinux]

Does your profile have admin rights (Hopefully you do not use the administrator account on a regular basis)? If so run lusrmgr.msc (windows 2000 user manager) select users and right click on administrator and select set password.

Thank You,

Roger Truss
A+, Network+
Workstation Customer Support Analyst
rtruss@mercmarine.com
Mercury Marine

 

[rtlinux]

If you do not have admin rights check this site out as radiojaws link is invalid

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

good luck



Thank You,

Roger Truss
A+, Network+
Workstation Customer Support Analyst
rtruss@mercmarine.com
Mercury Marine

 

[Zelandakh]

If y9u have a FAT partition, just get a windows 95 boot disk. If its NTFS, get an appropriate bootable floppy that reads NTFS disks...

Then just delete the sam file, restart and log in as administrator with no password. This works on NT and 2000 desktop and server as far as I know.