win2000 PW recovery?

[Guest]

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How can I get password to get into Win2000 on my old work 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
for...again I have no disks.

If I can get it runninf, 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.

Any help appreciated.
Thank you

 

[jaster]

Archived from groups: alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt (More info?)

On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 14:47:33 -0800, jtsnow wrote:

> How can I get password to get into Win2000 on my old work 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 for...again I have no disks.
>
> If I can get it runninf, 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.
>
> Any help appreciated.
> Thank you

Got a friend or coworker with a boot CD? Google for W2K boot disk or
rescue diskette dl. Alternatively, one of the free Linux dl
(knoppix?) flavors to run as a Samba Server with the external drive.
Ebay or a local discount book store may have a copy of w2k software cheap.