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Old 07-17-2003, 05:03 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Windows 2000 login help

Alright here's the story.

My dad has Windows 2000 pro and has locked himself out. It asked him to change his password, so he did, but must have fat-fingered it, so he doesn't know what it is. I thought I put a backdoor in, since I set it up, but apparently didn't. D'oh!!

Here's the question:

Is there a way to get in or crack the password?? I tried loading in safe-mode, but it still asked for a PW. Last known good won't work either since he succesfully logged in.

I've racked my brain, but can't think of any solutions. Of course I just got home from golfing, so I've had a couple of beers to help cloud my thinking.

I know I could load the Emergency Repair Disk, if I had made one. (Hindsight is 20/20 isn't it??)

The only thing I can think of is to re-load the OS.

Help if you can.
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