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devo5676

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Got a computer from work, sitll on windows 2000, can't log in, need some advice on how to override so i can get in a change the settings so it will connect to my home net work
 
If it was on a network at work, then it won't log in because it can't detect a domain controller. But in any case you need the local admin password.
 
If you dont know the admin password then you're kinda screwed - unles you use like ERD commander - which lets you change the adminpassword to whatever you want so you can log in.
 
Originally posted by bane remix
If you dont know the admin password then you're kinda screwed - unles you use like ERD commander - which lets you change the adminpassword to whatever you want so you can log in.
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What he said. Although i thought i remember hearing about being able to bypass it using some other boot or OS disk(or something like that?), this was a while back and i don't remember anything about it (Never checked up on it).:D
 
Originally posted by Ice Czar
I think your referring to the XP security flaw when using a W2K boot CD
http://netsecurity.about.com/cs/windowsxp/a/aa112103c.htm

from the original domain
Active Directory Migration Tool Overview
or a reinstall or as mentioned ERD
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Yeah, the first one is what i was thinking of. I thought it wasthe 2k CD, I'm not if how he could really profit from that approach though. Not sure to what extent you could configure settings in Recovery Console. Then again i'm no expert:D Thanks for the link though, it refreshed my memory.
 
well fortunately for all W2K users
(except devo5676)
it only works in XP

it was quite an embarrassment for Microsoft
as they where touting XP's superior security prior to that
and all of a sudden physically securing the computer
became a huge issue, of course they tried to gloss it over
saying physical security was always a cornerstone (and it is)
but the ease and speed of the compromise,
means you almost need to place a guard
over every computer in a company
 
well thanks for all the help, but i decided to just reformat and put differnt os on it since i won't be on a network anymore, also, when i went to format it said there was no c: drive, so im goign to h ave to end up buying a new hard drive... kinda sucks cuz i've used everything to try and fix it, but oh well, whats 70 bucks for a new hard drive...hahah
 
Companies should not have cd-roms and floppy drives in their computers, any file sharing has to be done on a network drive. This way, you can sortof increase the security of the local machine.
 
Originally posted by devo5676
well thanks for all the help, but i decided to just reformat and put differnt os on it since i won't be on a network anymore, also, when i went to format it said there was no c: drive, so im goign to h ave to end up buying a new hard drive... kinda sucks cuz i've used everything to try and fix it, but oh well, whats 70 bucks for a new hard drive...hahah
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there is no HDD reported in the BIOS?
there is no HDD reported in FDisk?
 
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