I forgot my password a while ago for windows 2000 start-up. I had it set so I could just click OK with only my user name and no password and it let me on.
I recently wanted to change my user name and password and dumped the previous user after I set up a new user. Little did I know the desktop changes so all my documents and programs were dumped along with my old user and now I'm left with a blank desktop with the basics.
I talked to a phone tech. at dell and he said I need to go into a program he showed me online and search for the adminstrators password. I tried this and couldn't do it b/c I need the Windows 2000 disc which I dont have.
My dell came with millenium and then I used my roomates 2000 Professional edition and did a clean install over millenium b/c it worked better.
So now I need to somehow recover my old user or find out his password which I forgot or somehow get on with the admin. and that password.
Anyone have a clue as to what I'm getting at?
I recently wanted to change my user name and password and dumped the previous user after I set up a new user. Little did I know the desktop changes so all my documents and programs were dumped along with my old user and now I'm left with a blank desktop with the basics.
I talked to a phone tech. at dell and he said I need to go into a program he showed me online and search for the adminstrators password. I tried this and couldn't do it b/c I need the Windows 2000 disc which I dont have.
My dell came with millenium and then I used my roomates 2000 Professional edition and did a clean install over millenium b/c it worked better.
So now I need to somehow recover my old user or find out his password which I forgot or somehow get on with the admin. and that password.
Anyone have a clue as to what I'm getting at?