Computer Help

[Anthony McReynolds]

Here is the deal my grandma has a computer that we cant get logged in to we dont know the password.So I thought that I could wipe it out and reload windows what do you think.It has Windows 2000 professional.

[TomasPistola]

A reformat would work. There are other ways to do it too. Just depends on how computer savvy you are.

[Anthony McReynolds]

What I need to do for a reformat?

[YoMama]

Check out this article: http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm

I have personally done #3 Petter Nordahl-Hagen's Offline NT Password & Registry Editor on a Windows 2000 machine.

You just have to burn a CD with that on it, boot off CD, and reset the Administrator password.  Then login as Administrator and go to control panel, users, and change grandma's password.

[SharpTusk]

I'm just seeing this.  I know that getting a boot disk is sometimes easier said than done.  There is a free, Windows compatible way from Ubutnu.

Here's an instructional link to use a USB flash drive as a boot drive.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick