Forgot windows 2000 password at startup

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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
 
MSgig055 said:
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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This is a VFAQ. Type this into a Google search box:

forgot Windows password
 
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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Dave Patrick said:
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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And for those who dislike mucking about in the registry, click Start,
click Run, type "Control UserPasswords2" and press enter. Click on
the username to login as automaticaly, un-tick the box for "Users must
enter a user name and password to use this computer.". Click OK, and
enter the password for the account when prompted.

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something big and sinister going on in the world.
Slartibartfast: No, that's perfectly normal paranoia. Everyone in the
universe gets that.
 
Zaphod said:
And for those who dislike mucking about in the registry, click Start,
click Run, type "Control UserPasswords2" and press enter.
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Control userpasswords on Windows 2000, userpasswords2 is an XP thing.

John
 
John John - MVP said:
Control userpasswords on Windows 2000, userpasswords2 is an XP
thing.
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Thanks for the clarification, I had forgotten that distinction.
 
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