Lost administrator password

[deintinis]

I just set up a brand new HP with Win2K. I set up a user and she is able to log in, but when she tries to log in as Administrator to load software, it says that the password is wrong. I am 110% positive that I left the password field blank for the Admin account. Is there another default password Win2K would assign? Is it more worth my while to re-install Windows (since it is a new machine and thier is no data) rather than trying to reset the password using boot disks and changing the .sam file?
Any and all help is always greatly appreciated!

 

[kishleo]

well, actually win200 will not assign any default password so i am sure there was something wrong while installing or after installing your win2000, ô¿ô Kishore

 

[stavros0]

did u try a space for the password, as i did the same thing a while ago and remembered that i might've hit space by accident. Wheni tried that it worked and i felt silly.

S

 

[Guest_imported]

If someone can help me...

I have Windows 2000 Pro and I tried to connect two computers to share files through the network. However, I rebooted the computer in the process and when the computer restarted I got a log-on screen with Administrator. I only have the administrator account, and I never set a password to it. Now I cannot access my computer at all. Is there anyway for me to bypass the password?

Thanks

 

[LilBunnyFuFu]

i know there is a program that you can dl to get the pws...but to be honest i forget what it was...

 

[wolluf]

Try here

http://www.securiteam.com/tools/6T00D0A35S.html

(you'll need a CD writer).

 

[woodrasj]

I don't know if this works in w2k but with nt4.0 you can pull the hard drive pop it into another computer then go to that drive and rename the file c:\winnt\system32\config\sam to sam.old or something and this will reset the password to a blank password.

NOTE I HAVE NOT TESTED THIS SOLUTION WITH W2K. BUT DOES WORK FOR NT4.0

 

[Scotsdude]

Look at this article for help....

http://www.ntsecurity.net/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=9527

all you need is a blank disk.....

Scotsdude