Admin password

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David

I have stupidly forgotten the administrator password.
I'm running Win2000Pro and now need to format teh hard
drive but I am always asked for teh wretched
Administtrators Password. Seemed like a good idea when
teh kids were young, but now they are older I shan't be
making teh same mistake again. How can I get round teh
Password problem?
 
David said:
I have stupidly forgotten the administrator password.
I'm running Win2000Pro and now need to format teh hard
drive but I am always asked for teh wretched
Administtrators Password. Seemed like a good idea when
teh kids were young, but now they are older I shan't be
making teh same mistake again. How can I get round teh
Password problem?
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Hi

If you boot on the Windows 2000 CD, you can just delete the
partition where the old OS installation resides, and then
re-create/format it as part of the new OS installation. No
password is needed for this. Note: You will lose all data
on that partition.


If that is not an option:

You might try to reset the local Administrator
password with one of the methods mentioned here:

http://securityadmin.info/noframes/faqget.asp#password

http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm
 
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