I'd hate to see you "downgrade" if you don't need to.  You can reset
lost passwords.  It involves booting from a UNIX disk that can read the
password file and reset the passwords.  Check out
http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm#1 or search
Google for "Lost Windows 2000 Password Recovery" (no quotes).

Good luck!

Tony


Tim Wright wrote:
> boy i'm glad i found this site, as i am pulling out my hair.  I pulled out my old computer from the attic to give my son to do school work on.  it has windows 2000 as the o/s but when i turned it on, the log in message appears and after all this time, i don't remember my log in or password.  I want to reformat the hard drive to windows 98, as that is the only discs i can still find.  can I access the system to change o/s without logging onto the computer?  or do you have any idea how i can recover or check the system for that information?
>
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