Bypass Win 2000 password?

[Kherard]

Is there any way possible to bypass the windows 2000 password? Had someone change their password...and forgot it :eek: Help!

[BipolarBill]

No can do. Tell your friend to get smart about the password thing. No more of that Cancel stuff.

Time to reinstall. :(

[BipolarBill]

http://www.sysopt.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=108204&highlight=password

[Kherard]

It's actually a nit-wit in another department...lol..They do these things and think we should be able to snap our fingers and fix them...
Didnt think there was a way around it...but ya neva know! :)

[AllGamer]

Originally posted by Kherard
Is there any way possible to bypass the windows 2000 password? Had someone change their password...and forgot it :eek: Help!

Yes there is, but you'll not wanna do it.

Format and Reinstall
:p

[BipolarBill]

There's no master Admin account on that PC? Great - two dummies. The one who lost the password and the imbecile who set it up. :p

[Kherard]

ROFL....I didnt set it up!!!!!

[Bigjakkstaffa]

I always set up an admin account thats p!ss easy to remember, such as:

username: Admin
pass:Admin

That way you NOT going (unless you be real st00000pid) to forget at least one password and its going to give you enough control over te compo and the other acounts should the brown stuff hit the fan...

Unusually for myself common sense prevails --- which is nice :)

--Jakk:t

[Kherard]

Thats what I suggested here...Use one admin password when setting new systems up...then no one forgets it....but what do I know :rolleyes:

[AllGamer]

Yeah, all that is true

but there are just those people that are soooo PARANOID, and those that are Paranoid and Duh!!!.

Being paranoid about security issue is normal.

but at least REMEMBER to write it down somewhere.

[Bigjakkstaffa]

I dont worry about security -- i got nowt worth nicking in the first place :p

--Jakk:t

[AllGamer]

Originally posted by wallijonn
you can always remove his hd, make it a slave on your system, backup his data (just in case), put his hd back in his system and reinstall the OS.

the problem will be if he was an admin. and he set up mail. in w2k if you are the admin and you rebuild to the same directory it'll wipe your old mail. you are then forced to install to winnt2, setup a new account and do an import. i always tell admins never to use their admin accounts to create an email, but to create their own user accounts for their emails. that way if you install-over nothing is lost.

passwords are easy, set the password to something like:
luitsiabiapis - LookUpInTheSkyItsABirdItsAPlaneItsSuperman

hhhhiotwwg -HiHoHiHoItsOffToWorkWeGo

zddzamomwawd-ZippidyDoDahZippidyAyeMyOhMyWhatAWonderfulDay

towamsmasbas5pgobtd4a3hta3ht-ThereOnceWasAMightySailorManASkipperBraveAndSure5P assenegersGotOnBoardThatDay4A3HourTourA3HourTour :D

LOL :r

man.... if someones really want to use these for passwords, you really better remember or scribble this somewhere.

these are just too hirarious... LOL

cuz i'm sure i'll lose that in an instant.
:p :r

[Bigjakkstaffa]

LMAO!! wallijohn -- who needs data encryption when we could simply use passwords as fu**ed up as those :p

--Jakk:t

[vibe666]

its a bit extreme when all they'll have on the system is junk mail from all their lame friends and their CV and copies of e-mails to apply for jobs.:p :p :p

unless it's an important system, simple is usually good enough and 9 times out of 10 a single admin password on all the machines will save a lot more trouble than it's worth.

good ideas for the passwords all the same, i might try them out.

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[Shinta]

cant you look up the password or edit it to whatever you want by hitting cancel then going into the registry?

i remember you were able to do that on win95/98 but dont know if ms fixed this :t

[Bigjakkstaffa]

I doubt it shinta as 2k's login process is designed to be more of a security measure unlike 9x's which clearly wasnt (hell all you had to do was press cancel), still you could give it a go...

--Jakk:t

[Shinta]

ehh i didnt think someone would pay an employee that much to do it.. i don't think a professional would have charged that much :O

also.. isn't it upto the company to decide something like that not 1 person?