Re: Password recovery help?
From: jtsnow (jtsnow_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 01/29/05
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Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 15:44:55 -0800
thx. 2nd way is the approach I have to take. I tried to download but the
burn cd instructions dont come close to matching the file names that are
downloaded. so I guess im back to square 1
"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
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> "jtsnow" <jtsnow@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> How can I get my password to get into Win2000 on my old work Dell
>> latitude
>> PII PC?
>>
>> I dont know admin password for Win2000 laptop and now my personnel
> password
>> doesnt work any longer either.
>>
>> I DO NOT have any Win2000 CDs to create a boot disk.
>>
>> I did my best Google to find a solution and found a admin password
> solution
>> with this:
>> http://www.lostpassword.com/windows-xp-2000-nt.htm
>>
>> Unfortunately it requires a boot disk which I need the Win2000 install
> disk
>> to create...again I have no disks.
>>
>> If I can get it running, laptop will be fine for me to use a Backup
> server
>> to drive external HD on my home LAN. I dont want to spend $200 for XP OS
>> for this when Dell Latitude PII is pretty worthless, and I can buy a
>> brand
>> new PC P4 from Dell for about 150 more. Also I dont want to go the steep
>> learning curve to put Linux on it.
>>
>> Can I create a win2000 boot disk with some download or something?
>>
>> Any help appreciated.
>> Thank you
>>
>>
>
> There are several ways to resolve this problem:
>
> - The easy way: Log on under the alternative admin account
> that you wisely created when things were going fine, then reset
> the passwords to the other accounts.
>
> - The hard way: Boot the machine with a boot disk from the
> link below, then reset the password for the admin account.
> http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html
>
>
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