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voidmain:
Alex, what boot disk is it that you are trying to get to work?  And what exactly are you trying to do that isn't working?

Scorcher2005:
i am trying to use the boot disk from the folling site:
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

when it starts up it says boot:
and i press enter
it then asks to probe for scsi drivers i i type y and hit enter
it then goes and detects all the scsi drivers and asks which password i want to change.  It already says administrator by default so i press enter
it then asks what to change the password to.  I type a password and press enter.
it then says the encrypted code for the password and asks to change more passwords or press ! to quit
i then press ! and it says write back shell y/n
i have tried doing y and n
after typing either y or n it says some info like "now restart comp after removing floppy by pressing ctrl + alt + del, but that doesnt work so i just turn off the comp with the button.

so do you see any flaws in my execution of this disk.  If you have WinNT and test it out it would be GREATLY appreciated!!  If it works for you just reply with EXACTLY what you did in "noob" language.

thanks,
-Alex

voidmain:
I already told you that I tried the same boot disk and it worked for me on Win2000 Pro with NTFS.  I did the same thing you did except I don't remember having to press '!', doesn't mean it's not there.  Do you actually have a SCSI drive or an IDE drive?  I have IDE so I pressed "n" to not probe for SCSI devices.

And is your machine a member of a domain or is it a stand-alone computer?  Remember, this only changes the LOCAL Administrator password. So make sure you have the local computer's name in the DOMAIN box when you try and log in with the new password. It will not change the domain wide Administrator password unless of course you are running the disk on the PDC (Primary Domain Controller).

[ May 11, 2002: Message edited by: VoidMain ]

Scorcher2005:

quote:Originally posted by VoidMain:
 Do you actually have a SCSI drive or an IDE drive?  I have IDE so I pressed "n" to not probe for SCSI devices.
[ May 11, 2002: Message edited by: VoidMain ]
--- End quote ---

What is a SCSI drive or an IDE drive.  
And also, the computer is on a domain(LAN).  So what can I do to change the domain administrator password?

voidmain:
If you don't know what SCSI and IDE are than you probably have IDE disk drives. Answer "no" to the load SCSI drivers. And being on a LAN does not mean your machine is part of a DOMAIN.  The only way to change the DOMAIN Administrator password using that disk would be to change it on the computer acting as the Primary Domain controller (that would be the one in your computer room that you do not have access to, and more than likely *does* have SCSI drives).

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