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All passwords inoperative, standalone PC on Win 2000 prof
I have a pentium 3 running win 2000 prof.
No disks, but I do have the product key stuck to the side of the PC.
An "expert" changed the owner of the PC from the previous owner to myself in the properties somewhere.
Now the password/user combination is invalid for all possible combinations of the old user, new user and password.
I don't have the admin password.
I don't want to loose the Office pack that is loaded on the machine.
What are my options here?
Any way past the password?
Regards
Mike
No disks, but I do have the product key stuck to the side of the PC.
An "expert" changed the owner of the PC from the previous owner to myself in the properties somewhere.
Now the password/user combination is invalid for all possible combinations of the old user, new user and password.
I don't have the admin password.
I don't want to loose the Office pack that is loaded on the machine.
What are my options here?
Any way past the password?
Regards
Mike
I think this will explain it for you. Here is link http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password_alternate_logon_trick.htm
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Thanks James, I used the PC-pipeline option and it worked like a charm.
Not sure how to allocate the points though. Did accepting your answer do it?
Thanks also to Mrfixit - however this option entailed loading the software again, and as I mentioned in the question, I don't have any of the disks, just the product key.
Could work for other people though.
Back up and running after 7 days - YAY !.
Mike
Not sure how to allocate the points though. Did accepting your answer do it?
Thanks also to Mrfixit - however this option entailed loading the software again, and as I mentioned in the question, I don't have any of the disks, just the product key.
Could work for other people though.
Back up and running after 7 days - YAY !.
Mike
marathon42
Welcome, accepting the answer allocates all points to the accepted answer - it is also possible to split points.
Actually, all this came from a post by CrazyOne - glad it was useful
Cheers
JamesDS
Welcome, accepting the answer allocates all points to the accepted answer - it is also possible to split points.
Actually, all this came from a post by CrazyOne - glad it was useful
Cheers
JamesDS