ibm thinkpad

timbim_2

I'm not entirely certain it is a windows password. The administrator could refer to the BIOS password, which if set at the highest level should not be un-settable (that would render the entire BIOS password idea useless)

As I've asked before, do you see the blue background with the graphic windows logon box, or is it a black screen with white writing?

sarah-t_4

timbim wrote: »

I'm not entirely certain it is a windows password. The administrator could refer to the BIOS password, which if set at the highest level should not be un-settable (that would render the entire BIOS password idea useless)

As I've asked before, do you see the blue background with the graphic windows logon box, or is it a black screen with white writing?

hiya
its a green backround with "log on to windows 2000 professional" user name Administration : enter password .
just has ok : shutdown and options thats it.

sarah-t_4

i cant seem to connect the hard drive to other laptop ..tried with the Pc aswell been trying for an hour and it wont show up :S
its working as its making noise but i cant find it..keep searching in pc and doing run etc but wont come up.:S

financequest

You can try resetting password http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm or buy a Win2000 or XP cd on web cheaply. LOOT ,EBAY, PRELOVED.COM etc. To boot from CD, power off, then on. Whilst pc boots, press PF12 key. You hopefully will be prompted with a bootlist menu, take option to boot from CD/DVD

sarah-t_4

hiya
ive found a users driver manual cd and another one(think its windows 2000) not sure
ive inserted them both (first then second one after) and i cant get them to load?

i hit F12 when i turned it on and clicked on the "ATAPI CD-Rom Drive" But nothing happened ,it just started and i got the enter administrators password again

how can i get the laptop to run the cd please?

beardiedog

Switch off the computer. Put the Win2000 CD in the drive and turn on again.

sarah-t_4

beardiedog wrote: »

Switch off the computer. Put the Win2000 CD in the drive and turn on again.

hiya
i just did that, but it just loaded windows 2000 professional screen then turned green "log on to windows" Enter Administrator Password

beardiedog

Just a thought, silly question I know but have you contacted the seller to see if they have the password?

Are you sure you're booting from the CD and not the hard drive again? Pressing F12 should give you the option to boot from CD. Do you know how to get into the BIOS and set the boot order?

sarah-t_4

beardiedog wrote: »

Just a thought, silly question I know but have you contacted the seller to see if they have the password?

Are you sure you're booting from the CD and not the hard drive again? Pressing F12 should give you the option to boot from CD. Do you know how to get into the BIOS and set the boot order?

hiya
i contacted the seller and he said he didnt set an admin password but had one and deleted it .he gave it to me though but its not working.

im trying to boot from the cd "atapi cd rom" but it goes straigh to loading windows and asking for admin password again.

Strider590

sarah-t wrote: »

hiya
i just did that, but it just loaded windows 2000 professional screen then turned green "log on to windows" Enter Administrator Password

Your booting from the HDD not the CD, as suggested you need to change the boot sequence. Unless of course the CD or CD drive is no good.