Win2k wants password but there was never one used..HELP..please :)

[Kellye]

Greetings,
I was wondering if anyone out there could help me with a problem I encountered today. I was setting up a little peer to peer network for a customer. His number one computer he wants to keep using as the primary is running win98,the second one is running win 2000 pro. I checked the box in windows 2000 that indicated to assume that this person(which was administrator)has logged on to the computer..and I left the password field blank. After booting the system the w2k computer is demanded a password in order to log in to the network,but, I didnt put one in. I wont take a blank one either...I know I can format and start over but I was hoping for an easier solution. Is it possible the name and password the w2k computer is wanting is the log in info used on the win98 pc?..the error message I receive after leaving the password blank is that I cannot access the network..
any ideas or thoughts would be appreciated
Kellye

 

[BongWild]

My guess is it is looking for a password that was entered previous to the time that you set up the network. Someone who used the computer in the past likely entered a password. As far as I know all you can do is reinstall Windows 2000 to fix a lost administrator password situation.

 

[Kellye]

Bong..
thanks for your response..Thats what I was afraid of..lol
appreciate the imput..
Kellye

 

[polymath5]

There is a utility that will reset the administrator password. I don't remember the name off hand, but it's from System Internals..

http://www.sysinternals.com

It will not tell you what it was, just let you reset it to what you want.

 

[polymath5]

There is a utility that will reset the administrator or any other password. It's called LockSmith and it's from

http://www.sysinternals.com

It will not tell you what it was, just let you reset it to what you want.

 

[Kellye]

Let me thank all of you with your great responses to my dilema. I ended up going to the clients office today and reformatting the drive and reinstalling everything all over. It took forever but I guess in the long run its worth it because I don't have to deal with it anymore LoL..btw the client did say he had put in a password long ago but had forgotten what it was..soooo..at least I know I'm not loosing my mind lol
again thank you all...
you really are lifesavers and I love all the good information you provide.
I doubt I could do my job without all of you sometimes..
thanks again
Kellye