So what happened to the original Administrator account?
You should have been prompted for an Administrator password when it was set up, so try that. You might even have left it blank.
There are bootable Linux-based CDs and diskettes that can access the SAM database and reset the account passwords (I have used this to good effect on NT4, 2K and XP). You might be able to download an image and create the relevant bootable image.
"Granted physical access to a Windows 2000 workstation, the IDE image of Trinux (NTFS file system support already included) has the utilities at hand for a user to extract the SAM database. (The SAM database contains user accounts and associated passwords.) The rather simple steps to do so: boot Trinux remove the boot disk and insert a second disk fmount cp /hda1/winnt/system32/config/sam /floppyfumount feed the results from the floppy into the latest version of L0phtCrack – LC3 (available at
http://www.atstake.com/research/lc3) Whether the above steps are taken by a system administrator to recover the lost Administrator account’s password ..."
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