Window 2000 Password Unknown

[mikey5194]

I have recently bought a laptop, not new, and there was still a password on it when i got it. As a result of this i have not been able to acess the laptop at all. I was just wondering if anyone knew any ways that I could get past the password?

Mikey5194.

[Idontwantspam]

Yes.

...ish

There are ways to obtain the password of an account, however, I'm not going to give you them right here. The better alternative would be to either use a bartpe disk with a password renew plugin to reset it, or, the better option would be to just do a complete reinstall. I would recommend the reinstall - you can get rid of all the old settings, remove any malware that might be lurking, etc. and start afresh.

[cluberti]

If you're talking about the BIOS password to boot (before Windows even loads), you'll have to fish out the motherboard manual or contact the vendor, as most have a jumper you can remove to clear the CMOS password. This will reset all BIOS settings to defaults though, so be careful with this.

[mikesw]

What about reseting the passwords by booting into safe mode and deleting there?

[IcemanND]

windows password use an offline password changer.

bios/hard disk/startup passwords depend upon the system and model. no universal method for these and some cannot be removed without motherboard replacement.