Bypassing password on old machine

wobbles

I need to use a device that connects via serial port. None of the 'working' machines i have access to have a serial port so ive had to use an old PC that used to belong to a friend. Its running Windows 2000, and its been so long since he used it, he has forgotton the password to log on.

Is there anything i can do to bypass this, or what can i do to get around it

Thanks

PogMoThoin

wobbles wrote: »

I need to use a device that connects via serial port. None of the 'working' machines i have access to have a serial port so ive had to use an old PC that used to belong to a friend. Its running Windows 2000, and its been so long since he used it, he has forgotton the password to log on.

Is there anything i can do to bypass this, or what can i do to get around it

Thanks

Burn this to disk and boot it
http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/

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The_Thing

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Burn this to disk and boot it
http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/

Of the three suggestions so far I would go with this one from PogMoThoin.

However, I have used http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/ successfully on numerous occasions running from a bootable CD

It does not crack the passwords, it clears them.