Forgot windows 2000 password at startup

23 Apr 2009 10:10 AM

MSgig055

I have a computer running Windows 2000 and haven't used it for a while.
I forgot the password upon start up.

How can I delete or bypass the password?
Once I get in, how can I prevent having to use a password at start up?

Thank you
George/USA

23 Apr 2009 11:02 AM

Pegasus [MVP]

"MSgig055" <MSgig***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:46D98F7E-FEFC-4850-9DC6-062672EDC19F@microsoft.com...
>I have a computer running Windows 2000 and haven't used it for a while.
> I forgot the password upon start up.
>
> How can I delete or bypass the password?
> Once I get in, how can I prevent having to use a password at start up?
>
> Thank you
> George/USA

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forgot Windows password

24 Apr 2009 2:45 AM

Dave Patrick

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

Then for an "NT"ish operating system you can run regedit.exe and navigate
to;
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
edit the Reg_Sz string values
"DefaultUserName"
and
"DefaultPassword"
to reflect the correct username and password. (note: the password for an
autologon account can not be blank)
and set the Reg_Sz value of "AutoAdminLogon" to "1"

(if they don't exist then ADD them)

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"MSgig055" <MSgig***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:46D98F7E-FEFC-4850-9DC6-062672EDC19F@microsoft.com...
>I have a computer running Windows 2000 and haven't used it for a while.
> I forgot the password upon start up.
>
> How can I delete or bypass the password?
> Once I get in, how can I prevent having to use a password at start up?
>
> Thank you
> George/USA