|
|
|
Byteback:
Administrator password
Question: How can I reset my administrator password for Windows 2000?
Usman
c_devil1@yahoo.com
Editor’s reply: To successfully reset the local administrator’s password on Windows NT and some versions of Windows 2000, follow these steps:
1. Install an alternate copy of Windows NT or Windows 2000. You must install it on a folder different than WINNT, otherwise you’ll end up with the same situation. Use ALTWINNT, for example. It is best you install the alternate version of the OS onto a different partition than the one in which you have your original installation. You’ll delete this folder anyway and it’s best if you format that partition once you’re done. Formatting the partition will be easier than deleting individual files and folders. Also, if, suppose, you lost your password on NT — install a new version of NT, and not Windows 2000, as doing so will ruin your old NT installation.
2. Boot the alternate install.
3. Use Control Panel/System/Startup (for NT) or Control Panel/System/ Advanced/ Startup and Recovery for Win2000 to change the default boot instance back to your original install.
4. Open Windows Explorer. Browse to your original Windows NT/2000 folder and then navigate to the %systemroot%\System32 sub-folder.
5. Save a copy of LOGON.SCR, the default logon screen saver, anywhere you like. Just remember where you’ve placed it. You can also just rename the file to something you’ll remember later.
6. Delete the original LOGON.SCR from the %systemroot%\System32 sub-folder. It is not necessary to delete the file if you renamed it; you can leave it there. You might not be able to delete the LOGON.SCR file because of permission settings. Regular users can only read and execute the file and not delete it. If that is the case, then you need to take ownership of the file and give the “Everyone” group “Full Control” permissions. In order to take ownership of a file, right-click it, select Properties, select the Security tab, click on Advanced and then click on the Owner tab. Select one of the users found in the list and then click OK all the way out.
7. Make a copy, CMD.EXE, in the %systemroot%\System32 sub-folder. CMD.EXE is located in %systemroot%\system32.
8. Rename the copy of CMD.EXE to LOGON.SCR. Shutdown and restart your computer. Boot into the original install.
9. Wait for the logon screen saver to initiate — around 15 minutes. Do not move your mouse while you wait. After the screensaver is initiated, it will run the renamed CMD.EXE file and will actually open a CMD prompt in the context of the local system account.
Note: If in step #7 you used EXPLORER.EXE instead of CMD.EXE, a “My Computer” window will pop up in that case.
11. Open the CMD.EXE prompt and type “net user administrator 123456.” This will reset the local administrator password to 123456.
12. Delete the LOGON.SCR from %systemroot%\System32.
13. Rename the saved default screen saver from step five back to LOGON.SCR.
GeForce
Recently, I upgraded my PC for high graphic games. I have RAM of about 370MB and a GeForce card of 128MB, but still some games don’t run as smoothly as they should. Can you suggest anything that would help in increasing the speed of the games, besides a 3-D card, which I already have?
Hassan Sohail
Rawalpindi
For games that don’t run at the rates you want, please use lower graphics and resolution. Sometimes, even the best Graphics Accelerators cannot handle the game’s frame rates.
Gaming problems
I have an Athlon 1400+ with 256MB SD RAM, Radeon 9200SE, 128MB, VRAM and Windows XP Service Pack 2. I installed GTA: San Andreas recently and it doesn’t work. It crashes when I click on the EXE file. I downloaded the recent catalyst driver and have also tried using different type of crack but it has not helped. What should I do?
Rashid Saleem
rp.rashid@gmail.com
I have Need for Speed V-Rally-2, which runs on my virtual Connectix PlayStation. I have played it on Win98 but the PlayStation cannot be installed on XP. What could be the problem?
Raza ur Rahman
Realist_raza@yahoo.com
For San Andreas, try changing CDs, that is, install from a different set of CDs. It could be that the problem lies in your GTA installation files only.
For Need for Speed, try using Bleem’s latest version or you can try the following links:
1. PCSX2 http://www.emulator-zone.com/doc.php/ ps2/ pcsx2.html
2. PS2emu http://www.emulator-zone.com/doc.php/ps2/ ps2emu.html
3. NeutrinoSX2 http://www. emulator-zone.com/doc.php/ ps2/neutrinosx2.html_
RAR file
I have a video file with the extension “.RAR”. I tried to play it on MediaPlayer, Jet Audio Real Player, etc., but it has not helped. Please tell how I can play it.
Annie Hassan
Lahore
.RAR is a compressed file format. It will open only through WinRAR available at www.download.com. You will have to uncompress the files and only then you will be able to play it.
Inbox size
My Hotmail inbox’s storage size has increased from 3MB to 25MB. How long before it becomes 250MB?
Muhammad Khosa
mkhankhosa@hotmail.com
Microsoft will increase the size in its own time. You will have to be patient.
Photo compression
I have a lot of pictures on my computer but they take up too much space. I can compress them using PhotoShop but it would take a lot of time. Can you tell me how I can compress all pictures, without using WinZip?
Babar Khan
reach_babar@hotmail.com
You can use PhotoElf (http://www.photoelf.com/download/download.shtml), Whose JPG Compressor Utility, which saves JPEGs to any file size or Turbo Browser version 9.3 (http://www.filestream.com/turbobrowser/). Finally there is the All-in-one Windows Photo and Office Utility Suite. For more options, visit http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/batchresizecrop/.
|
|
|
|
