Re: Lost Password Windows 2000 Professional

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I have a Compaq Armada 1590DMT which I received from a friend who no
longer
used it and of course no disks and locked out without passwords. I
am
not
a
techie so I have tried the site you usually give on here
(http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/) and not understanding it
fully
i
need help cracking the password. I have a computer which can create
CD's
but
not floppies. I need to access this computer to figure out if I can
possibly
upgrade it with some extras I may find at a local flea market that
has
computer shows almost monthly. I want to do this on the cheap
obviously
so
free sites will work best and detailed instructions for the
non-techie
would
be greatly appreciated. I know very little about Windows 2000
Professional
so
if I get this computer unlocked I will use it mainly as a hobby
computer
short of anything else. Please help!!!!!

You must download the bootable CD image, then burn it to a CD so that
you
can boot the machine with this CD and reset its administrator
password.




I tried to download the disk but again I am not very tech savvy so I
guess
I
did not write it to CD properly. I do not know how to burn it to CD as
a
file
like it states. I know this is probably something simple in tech terms
but
this is my first attempt at something like this and I know there must
be
risks if I don't do this carefully. I appreciate the help but again I
need
some kind fo step by step help to get this right because it seems
simple
enough but I have not been able to unlock the computer yet.

Telling you how to burn a bootable CD without knowing your particular CD
burner in detail unlikely to work. If you're not experienced in such
matters
then I recommend that you ask a computer-savvy friend to assist you. If
this
is not an option then you should consider purchasing a Windows 2000 CD,
with
product code, so that you can load a fresh copy of Windows. This would be
a
safer option anyway: You don't know where this PC has been and what
viruses
it might harbour. Your popularity with your friends would suffer
considerably if your PC turned out to be a source of nasty viruses.




Where would I obtain a new copy of Windows 2000? I have tried to look
online
and most stores are places I have never heard of and we all know how hard
it
can be to trust a fly by night computer shop online. I know I used to work
for one of the worst ones which now that it is open again (name and
ownership
changed obviously), CompUSA that sometimes cheap is not always good. I
would
appreciate any help you can give and i know this is a huge request but
again
no better way to learn than through trial and error. I have seen it for
sale
on Amazon.com but really it seems pricey there for such an old program
($140-$180). If you know of some cheaper and reliable sites let me know so
I
can purchase it online and still save some cash in the process.

I would never buy a PC without having some OS installation CD too. You'll
need it sooner or later. And while $140-$180 may sound high for an old OS,
Win2000 is still an excellent operating system. It's solid, robust, stable
and it provides most of the features that WinXP does.

Obviously I trust the person who gave me the computer otherwise I never
would have accepted it in the first place so I doubt it is loaded with
viruses or worms. It was mainly a business/personal finance computer and
not
something he used for fun and enjoyment online so I doubt he had any virus
possibilities with so little use. If anything besides for updates to the
software I will just download some free antivirus software because buying
something for a rarely used system like Win2000 which will get me online
via
dial up only access is not very cost effective for a hobbie computer.

I've heard this line before - "I trust this person" - yet you would not
drink out of the same glass that he did. Why not? He may be a good friend
but will he guarantee that his PC is clean?


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