HELP Needed: Upgraded Win 2K to XP; won't take admin pswd

ngp · 11-11-09, 07:22 AM

I just received an older Windows 2000 laptop from a friend. Everything works fine on it but I wanted to put on Windows XP. I installed XP and all seems to have gone fine. However, now I can't seem to log into the laptop using the same admin password that I had used when it was Windows 2000! Any ideas?

Thanks.

Dr Mabuse · 11-11-09, 08:16 AM

You're going to need to be more specific.

Was this an upgrade install or a clean install?

Did you create a new admin password during the upgrade/install?

If it was an upgrade was auto-login enabled on the Win2K? If an upgrade are the other user accounts present?

ngp · 11-11-09, 08:21 AM

This was an upgrade install and I didn't create any new admin password during the install.
Upon reboot, the Windows XP user account login screen is presented with the Administrator and another user account. I'm not sure about the auto-login being enabled. I assume not as when the laptop had Win2K, I had to login.

Worst case scenario, I can do a clean install of XP but I rather avoid having to do that and then having to reinstall all of the apps, etc.

Dr Mabuse · 11-11-09, 08:55 AM

Try hitting ctrl+alt+del twice at the login screen.

ngp · 11-11-09, 09:02 AM

I'll give that a try...unfortunately, the laptop is at home so I'll try later today. Thanks.

zuffy · 11-11-09, 09:44 AM

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/toolso...ssrecovery.htm

ngp · 11-11-09, 10:39 AM

Thanks Zuffy, I used the Offine NT Password & Registry Editor and it worked beautifully! Only took me about 10 minutes after burning the ISO to a CD!

Thanks again!

11-11-09, 07:22 AM	#1
ngp DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Twilight zone Posts: 2,097	HELP Needed: Upgraded Win 2K to XP; won't take admin pswd I just received an older Windows 2000 laptop from a friend. Everything works fine on it but I wanted to put on Windows XP. I installed XP and all seems to have gone fine. However, now I can't seem to log into the laptop using the same admin password that I had used when it was Windows 2000! Any ideas? Thanks.

11-11-09, 08:16 AM	#2
Dr Mabuse DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: 75 clicks above the Do Lung bridge... Posts: 10,057	Re: HELP Needed: Upgraded Win 2K to XP; won't take admin pswd You're going to need to be more specific. Was this an upgrade install or a clean install? Did you create a new admin password during the upgrade/install? If it was an upgrade was auto-login enabled on the Win2K? If an upgrade are the other user accounts present? __________________ "The only freedom deserving the name, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it. Each is the proper guardian of his own health, whether bodily, or mental and spiritual. Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest." - John Stuart Mill

11-11-09, 08:21 AM	#3
ngp DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Twilight zone Posts: 2,097	Re: HELP Needed: Upgraded Win 2K to XP; won't take admin pswd This was an upgrade install and I didn't create any new admin password during the install. Upon reboot, the Windows XP user account login screen is presented with the Administrator and another user account. I'm not sure about the auto-login being enabled. I assume not as when the laptop had Win2K, I had to login. Worst case scenario, I can do a clean install of XP but I rather avoid having to do that and then having to reinstall all of the apps, etc. Last edited by ngp; 11-11-09 at 08:31 AM.

11-11-09, 08:55 AM	#4
Dr Mabuse DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: 75 clicks above the Do Lung bridge... Posts: 10,057	Re: HELP Needed: Upgraded Win 2K to XP; won't take admin pswd Try hitting ctrl+alt+del twice at the login screen. __________________ "The only freedom deserving the name, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it. Each is the proper guardian of his own health, whether bodily, or mental and spiritual. Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest." - John Stuart Mill

11-11-09, 09:02 AM	#5
ngp DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Twilight zone Posts: 2,097	Re: HELP Needed: Upgraded Win 2K to XP; won't take admin pswd I'll give that a try...unfortunately, the laptop is at home so I'll try later today. Thanks.

11-11-09, 09:44 AM	#6
zuffy DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Region 1 Posts: 15,552	Re: HELP Needed: Upgraded Win 2K to XP; won't take admin pswd http://pcsupport.about.com/od/toolso...ssrecovery.htm __________________ My Photo Gallery

11-11-09, 10:39 AM	#7
ngp DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Twilight zone Posts: 2,097	Re: HELP Needed: Upgraded Win 2K to XP; won't take admin pswd Thanks Zuffy, I used the Offine NT Password & Registry Editor and it worked beautifully! Only took me about 10 minutes after burning the ISO to a CD! Thanks again! Last edited by ngp; 11-11-09 at 04:33 PM.