my friend is having trouble logging into windows 2000
after allowing her nephew on computer.the box used to come
up with administrator and she didnt put in password just
clicked ok.now it wont let her we have tried typing in
default.any ideas please how she can log into windows.i
think maybe her nephew logged off instead of shut down,and
she had never logged into windows before with a user name
and password.thanks.

celtic_gal_1888 wrote:

> my friend is having trouble logging into windows 2000
> after allowing her nephew on computer.the box used to come
> up with administrator and she didnt put in password just
> clicked ok.now it wont let her we have tried typing in
> default.any ideas please how she can log into windows.i
> think maybe her nephew logged off instead of shut down,and
> she had never logged into windows before with a user name
> and password.thanks.

Hi

You might try to reset the local Administrator password
with one of the methods mentioned here:

http://securityadmin.info/noframes/faqget.asp#password



--
torgeir
Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of the 1328 page
Scripting Guide: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter

celtic_gal_1888 wrote:

> my friend is having trouble logging into windows 2000
> after allowing her nephew on computer.the box used to come
> up with administrator and she didnt put in password just
> clicked ok.now it wont let her we have tried typing in
> default.any ideas please how she can log into windows.i
> think maybe her nephew logged off instead of shut down,and
> she had never logged into windows before with a user name
> and password.thanks.

Hi

You might try to reset the local Administrator password
with one of the methods mentioned here:

http://securityadmin.info/noframes/faqget.asp#password



--
torgeir
Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of the 1328 page
Scripting Guide: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter

The nephew changed the administrator password. Track him down and find out
what he changed it to.

It is not a matter of logging off rather than shutting down; shutdown
includes logoff, always.

"celtic_gal_1888" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3bb601c3fe40$1c18df60$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> my friend is having trouble logging into windows 2000
> after allowing her nephew on computer.the box used to come
> up with administrator and she didnt put in password just
> clicked ok.now it wont let her we have tried typing in
> default.any ideas please how she can log into windows.i
> think maybe her nephew logged off instead of shut down,and
> she had never logged into windows before with a user name
> and password.thanks.

The nephew changed the administrator password. Track him down and find out
what he changed it to.

It is not a matter of logging off rather than shutting down; shutdown
includes logoff, always.

"celtic_gal_1888" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3bb601c3fe40$1c18df60$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> my friend is having trouble logging into windows 2000
> after allowing her nephew on computer.the box used to come
> up with administrator and she didnt put in password just
> clicked ok.now it wont let her we have tried typing in
> default.any ideas please how she can log into windows.i
> think maybe her nephew logged off instead of shut down,and
> she had never logged into windows before with a user name
> and password.thanks.