Win2K password issues

[cderow]

Does anyone know how to get into a Win2K workstation by bypassing the login? I have a user who has changed the local password and is no longer present at the company. Thanks.

 

[crisc]

Do you mean the the local admin password? If so, any domain admin can login and change the local admin password. As can any local user with admin equivilance.

 

[cderow]

This computer is not part of a domain. We run Novell here and we are using 2000 as a client. Sorry for the mix up.

 

[Guest_imported]

Howdy~

Not sure if this will help but we too are Novell/2000 Workstations and the way we get around it is:
check the workstation box at the Novell login screen, type in a local user account name and password (I am assuming here that you had a separate workstation and administrator account setup on the PC). Sounds like the Workstation user has full rights on the PC - then get into Computer Management/user and change that puppy so no other user can log in and change the workstation password.

Hope it helps -

 

[Blade00]

Normally when a Windows machine is configured to automatically logon to a specified account users can bypass this and enter alternate account information.


open :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Create a new string value called "ForceAutoLogon" and set it to equal "1" to force automatic logons or "0" to allow alternate users.

hahahahah !!
piece of cake

mohamed hassan

 

[DigitalRolly]

If you've lost the password for the user and administrator password for the workstation the only way I've gotten around it is using a linux NT password changer... Works on Win2k as well...

Do a search for that and follow the directions... pretty straight forward to do...
As long as the SAM is still in the same place and it's an ide drive... if it's scsi u'll have to find the right linux drivers for it and add them in to ur boot disk...

There are enough documents out on the web to help u though it...

bada boom...

Rolly