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More info?)
Dave:
Thanks for your help. I have checked google for utils.
There are quite a few out there. I'll try one or two and
let you know how things go.
Michael K.
>-----Original Message-----
>the one i have used is:
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
>which is free and has very good instructions. there are
literaly dozens of
>them out there if you search google for things like
"windows 2000
>administrator password reset disk free download" there are
only 93k hits,
>lots are only free demo programs though.
>
>
>"Michael K." <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message
>news:27ec01c50c5c$f25db840$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> I did not delete any accounts. I added one account that had
>> no privs. I tried blank PW null, PW, anything else I could
>> think of.
>> As to tools to reset Administrator account, where can I
>> find the URL to download. I would hate to do a trial &
>> error on one inthe hope that I find one that works and wont
>> wipe out everything else.
>> Michael K.
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >did you delete the old account? and do you not know the
>> built in
>> >administrator account password?? have you tried the
>> administrator account
>> >with a blank password? there are tools out there that can
>> go in and reset
>> >the administrator password, they take a little bit of
>> knowledge but if you
>> >are down to reinstalling they are probably worth a try.
>> >
>> >"Michael K." <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>> in message
>> >news:1cc301c50bc1$705b1c20$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> >> Dave:
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for the reply.
>> >>
>> >> You are correct on most things.
>> >> I only added the account on the secy PC. I did not touch
>> >> the Doc PC. The new account on the Secy PC only has
default
>> >> user privileges. Any of the files and apps created on the
>> >> Secy PC were created under a default Administrator user
>> >> with all its privs.
>> >> I don't have the password for any of those power users. I
>> >> would be surprised if I were able to copy the original
>> >> desktop setting to the new user without being able to log
>> >> on as Admin or some other ID with privs.
>> >> Like you say, I have bigger problems. All the settings,
>> >> including desktop, apps, databases, printers were created
>> >> with the old userID and its privs. When I try to
>> >> look/change printer settings, they are not changeable
from
>> >> that account.
>> >>
>> >> Michael K.
>> >>
>> >> >-----Original Message-----
>> >> >i am guessing that you used to be running without
logging
>> >> in at all, which
>> >> >was probably running under an account that had
>> >> administrator privileges.
>> >> >now you have created new accounts on both machines and
>> >> required them to
>> >> >login, but you most likely made them as normal user
>> >> accounts. you likely
>> >> >have several problems.
>> >> >
>> >> >1. you don't have the desktop settings because now you
>> >> have a different user
>> >> >name, each user has their own desktop so any setup
you had
>> >> on the old
>> >> >account are not available to the new user. to fix this
>> >> you might want to
>> >> >copy the settings from the old account profile over
to the
>> >> new one, or just
>> >> >reconfigure the desktop of the new account with what is
>> >> really needed.
>> >> >2. you can't run apps that were installed under the old
>> >> account. there are
>> >> >a couple reasons for this, most likely the old apps
>> >> require higher
>> >> >privileges than a plain user has, try making the new
>> >> accounts 'power users'
>> >> >and see if that lets you run the old apps. it may
also be
>> >> that the data for
>> >> >the old apps is in folders that are owned by the old
>> >> account and you don't
>> >> >have access to it at all, you would have to either take
>> >> ownership of it or
>> >> >give the new account administrator priviledge to go
get it.
>> >> >3. printing doesn't work. now that you are requiring
>> >> login to the machine
>> >> >you will have to bypass that for the printer share to
>> >> work. you should be
>> >> >able to do this by adding the doc's account to the
secy's
>> >> printer share and
>> >> >giving it permission to print. since you don't have a
>> >> domain you will have
>> >> >to enter the doc's use name like machinename/username.
>> >> >
>> >> >oh, and all of this of course will require that you know
>> >> the password of the
>> >> >administrator account on both machines.... if you don't
>> >> have that then you
>> >> >have even bigger problems.
>> >> >
>> >> >"Michael K." <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>> >> in message
>> >> >news:0bb001c50bab$64f86240$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> >> >> Hello:
>> >> >> Have a requirement to require passwords for
Windows boot
>> >> >> and screensaver PW. Configuration is a small doctors
>> office
>> >> >> with Doc having one PC and Secy the other. Both
PC's are
>> >> >> running Windows 2000 professional. A printer is
>> attached to
>> >> >> Secy PC. I set up a new user account for secy PC and
>> turned
>> >> >> on PW for boot and screensaver. The old config did not
>> >> >> require any PW's at all. Now when I boot, new account
>> works
>> >> >> fine but all previous settings are reset(desktop,
>> >> >> shortcuts, etc.) It accomplished what I tried to do!!!
>> >> >> However, I've lost file permissions to apps that were
>> >> >> running there. I can't go back to old way as there
was no
>> >> >> PW requirement for Administrator ID so no password
>> was ever
>> >> >> set. Also, Doc PC is unable to print via Secy PC.
I would
>> >> >> appreciate some advice on recovery, short of rebuild.
>> >> >> Thanks for any help.
>> >> >> Michael
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >.
>> >> >
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
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