I have an admin login issue... lost password...

[dfelix121]

One of the laptops in our school has some issues, i.e. connecting to the internet, i REALLY need to get some software on it, etc..etc.. It has Win2k on it. The only login on the computer is a restricted access login. Somehow, i have no idea what the administrator password is and I'M the one that put it on there... My question is: HOW CAN I BYPASS IT?!?! The recovery CD's that came with the laptop have vanished into thin air, i'm afraid to install a regular copy of Win2k because i'm not too familiar with laptop drivers.
I've heard that there are bypass programs and such, but once again, i know nothing of them..
Please help.

Dave Presley
Network & Systems Administrator
Air Academy, Premier & Thomas Jefferson High Schools
602/326-3968

 

[celeron895]

I solved this problem before, but I can't remember what utility I used. If you do a Google search on the subject there will be a ton of sites that come up. Most of them offer fee-based utilities, but there are some that are free.

From what I remember, I booted to a Linux boot disk, then ran a untility that I had found. Good luck!

 

[WillShakespeare]

Here's a good start:

http://www.ntsecurity.net/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=9527

Will

 

[AjayM]

Is the problem that it won't connect to the network at all? If it's not, and it's a member of a domain you can use computer management to change the local admin password.

Andrew

 

[sirlance]

I tried to go to both site's listed in this article, NT Toolbox and Winternals, but could not find either Linux or NTFSDOS downloands. Anywhere else?

 

[alexs0628]

Try this site :

http://www.lostpassword.com/windows-xp-2000-nt.htm

I just bought and used their Office Lite password retrieval program. Worked like a charm.

 

[WillShakespeare]

Try this too...

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

linked from here:

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/sf/forensics/2001-q1/0134.html

Sorry aboutt he above link... when I first discovered that site, the links worked perfectly... it seems the destination sites have changed considerably... their loss.

Will

 

[dfelix121]

OKAY.... heres what i found... Will this work with Win2K??



"Another method if you don't care about keeping the SAM (that is, the users
and their passwords) on the local machines is to boot up the NT4.0 CD and to
"repair" the SAM. Generally speaking, it will get rid of all of the
accounts and passwords, leaving only a newly created "administrator" account
with no password... a very handy tip that has helped me recover "locked out"
machines in the past. However, if there are accounts and passwords that
cannot be easily recreated on that workstation, it's not
recommended.However, this method has the upside of being FREE. Generally,
it's not that difficult to get people using the workstation to just get new
accounts. Of course, the other downside is having to reset ACLS on the
machine if you
have them set differently from the default."