W2k Administrator password lost

rcrick · #1 October 6th, 2003, 09:11 PM

Anyone know of a password cracking program for W2k Professional? An employee left and reset and now we cannot get in.

**Murf** · #2 October 7th, 2003, 02:14 AM

Welcome to CTH

"password cracking program"

We CANNOT help you, the policies you agreed to when siging up:

"The posting of links or references to warez or any other type of illegal software is strictly forbidden. By doing so you risk having your user account terminated without warning. We will NOT help anyone we suspect of having obtained their software illegally."

We welcome you to the forum, but must enforce the policies that the owners have set forth.

Your only "Legal" way is re-installing

**Murf** · #3 October 7th, 2003, 04:03 AM

If it is a BIOS password, then you may be able to get in.

Many BIOS manufacturers have provided backdoor passwords that can be used to access the BIOS setup in the event you have lost your password. These passwords are case sensitive, so you may wish to try a variety of combinations.

Some BIOS configurations will lock you out of the system completely if you type in an incorrect password more than 3 times. Read your manufacturers documentation for the BIOS setting before you begin typing in passwords

Award BIOS backdoor passwords:

ALFAROME
ALLy
aLLy
aLLY
ALLY
aPAf
_award
AWARD_SW
AWARD?SW
AWARD SW
AWARD PW
AWKWARD
awkward BIOSTAR
CONCAT
CONDO
Condo
d8on
djonet
HLT
J64
J256
J262
j332
j322 KDD
Lkwpeter
LKWPETER
PINT
pint
SER
SKY_FOX
SYXZ
syxz
shift + syxz
TTPTHA
ZAAADA
ZBAAACA
ZJAAADC
01322222
589589
589721
595595
598598

AMI BIOS backdoor passwords:

AMI
AAAMMMIII
BIOS
PASSWORD
HEWITT RAND
AMI?SW
AMI_SW
LKWPETER
A.M.I.
CONDO

PHOENIX BIOS

phoenix, PHOENIX, CMOS, BIOS

Many motherboards feature a set of jumpers or dipswitches that will clear the CMOS and wipe all of the custom settings including BIOS passwords. The locations of these jumpers / dipswitches will vary depending on the motherboard manufacturer and ideally you should always refer to the motherboard or computer manufacturers documentation. If the documentation is unavailable, the jumpers/dipswitches can sometimes be found along the edge of the motherboard, next to the CMOS battery, or near the processor. Some manufacturers may label the jumper / dipswitch CLEAR - CLEAR CMOS - CLR - CLRPWD - PASSWD - PASSWORD - PWD. On laptop computers, the dipswitches are usually found under the keyboard or within a compartment at the bottom of the laptop.

If it's a Windows or Administrator Password, then we cannot help.

Trish-A · #4 October 7th, 2003, 04:47 PM

Hi Murf! Been a long time. I saved the passwords. Beats pulling the battery.

**Murf** · #5 October 8th, 2003, 01:08 AM

Hey Trish

Howdy, yep sure does. When did you go to W2K???

Trish-A · #6 October 8th, 2003, 01:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Murf

Hey Trish

Howdy, yep sure does. When did you go to W2K???

Went to W2K when I built this...

**Murf** · #7 October 9th, 2003, 02:26 AM

Great looking box. Glad to have ya on-board here.