Forgot my login password

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Moe

Hello,

I only have one user for the Win2000. I was changing the
password and somehow I changed it without knowing what it
is. I can't log in anymore as I can't remember what is the
new passowrd. Any idea on what should I do to log in to my
PC.
Thank you,
 
-----Original Message-----
Hello,

I only have one user for the Win2000. I was changing the
password and somehow I changed it without knowing what it
is. I can't log in anymore as I can't remember what is the
new passowrd. Any idea on what should I do to log in to my
PC.
Thank you,
.
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Can you log in as administrator ?? Or, was that the
only "user" you had ??
 
This is the only user I have, I tried to login using
Administrator and passsowrd "blank" but it didn't work.
 
find the SAM file in winnt32/system32 and delete it. Restart windows and
you'll be allowed to login with a blank password
 
Moe said:
Hello,

I only have one user for the Win2000. I was changing the
password and somehow I changed it without knowing what it
is. I can't log in anymore as I can't remember what is the
new passowrd. Any idea on what should I do to log in to my
PC.
Thank you,
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rajiv juneja said:
find the SAM file in winnt32/system32 and delete it. Restart windows and
you'll be allowed to login with a blank password
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The SAM file is in \WINNT\system32\config. You're unlikely to be able to
delete it while the system is running. You'll probably have to boot the
recovery console to do that. I don't know whether that's a good solution
to the problem -- it sounds pretty drastic, especially if the system has
more than a couple of users defined.
 
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