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  • 25-01-2007 8:44pm
    #1
    numacd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25 ✭


    Hi,
    Can anybody help me? my grandson has locked my pc,he changed the user name and password and when I put the username and password he said he used in it still wont unlock,it is win 2000,as I bought this puter second hand I never had it password protected so I dont know what the admin username and password is,I would be really grateful for any help with this prob,Thank you.:eek:


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  • #2
    challengemaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,930 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    admin username @ default is - Administrator

    default pw is blank.

    try booting into safe mode and login as that if it doesnt work in normal boot mode. you should be able to change it back from there.


  • #3
    numacd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25 ✭numacd


    Hi challengemaster, Thank you for replying so soon,I tried safe mode but it still asks for username and password,I am not great with puters any little thing I know I learned from my son-in-law,I really appriciate you help, Thank you again.


  • #4
    Obelisk29
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 175 ✭✭Obelisk29


    Hi

    You might have a look at this page - an offline NT Password & Registry editor

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

    or

    http://www.jms1.net/nt-unlock.shtml

    (but only if you're not using IE - the guy has a bit of code on his server that won't allow IE users access to the site! It's an amusing rant and I have to say I'd agree with a lot of what he says).

    It's fairly techie stuff so you might need to get someone with a decent knowledge of 2000/NT to help you with it.

    Be very careful before you undertake any of the actions detailed in the pages as you could seriously muck things up.

    Hope it helps.

    O29


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