[AccessD] OT W2K Help!!!!!!

Were it not for the word "upgrading" in your question I'd say just reinstall
W2K again. But it sounds like you were hoping to keep all the settings for
all the other programs already installed under W98, hence the upgrade.

If you have a data backup I'd still go ahead and install W2K again, as a
completely fresh install - letting the setup progie reformat the C drive -
and also set up a D partition for all the data at the same time. Then
install all the other software. Once you've succeeded I'd suggest going into
the passwords policy setting and allow unlimited password attempts, and
never let a P/W expire (zero days to expiration). Unless there are sound
security reasons for doing otherwise.

Having the separate partition for programs (C) and data (D) does make life
simpler the next time you descried to do a fresh install.

All very tedious, but three of four hours should see it completed.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Andy Lacey [SMTP:andy at minstersystems.co.uk]
> Sent:	Monday, July 07, 2003 4:03 PM
> To:	'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject:	[AccessD] OT W2K Help!!!!!!
> 
> Would have posted to the new tech list but not sure how many are on that
> yet and this is a bit desperate.
> 
> Have just finished upgrading my son's PC from W98SE to W2K so that he
> can attach the iPod I just bought him. Fairly easy until it booted in
> W2K for the first time. It asked me for a single password to use for the
> existing account and for the new administrator account it has created. I
> used my son's name and it took it fine, except that now I can't log on
> at all. It kinda knows 'tom' (for so it is) is correct because when I
> enter that it takes it but just comes straight back to ask for it again,
> whereas anything else I type gets rejected as invalid. But a lot of
> b****y good that is when I can't get in. Reboot after reboot, still no
> joy. Caps on, caps off. What on earth can I do? I've scanned the web but
> software to crack W2K passwords has a price around $2-300!!!! Help!!!!
> 
> Andy Lacey
> http://www.minstersystems.co.uk
> 
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