No administrator password

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Gerry

I start my computer and it wants a logon as an
administrator, which I don't know the password. The
former owner of the computer deleted his username and
password. I tried logging in safe mode but it always goes
back to the administrator logon. Is there a way to fix
this or am I going to have to reinstall the system? It's
Windows 2000.
 
Hi Gerry,

Have you tried the username "Administrator" with no password?

If that doesn't work and you cannot contact the previous owner then you can
use a password breaking program to reset the password or reinstall Windows.
We use a Linux password cracker to do it, unfortunately I am not comfortable
"spreading the word" on these programs. You can search Google Groups under
the microsoft.public.win2000.security group to find plenty of suggestions.
 
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