Re-installing 98 over 2000

Can anyone help me with the steps to reloading Windows 98 on computers that
have 2000 on them?

And then you can help me stop the login screen from displaying at start up.

You cannot load W98 over W2K. Do you want to dual boot the two systems or
do you want to dump W2K and just use W98?

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Dijait" wrote in message
news
Can anyone help me with the steps to reloading Windows 98 on computers
that
have 2000 on them?

And then you can help me stop the login screen from displaying at start
up.

I guess I need to dump it then. Will I lose all the data on the machine?
like student files, installed programs, etc.? I tell you what, my problem is
that no one seems to know the password to three of our machines. We are not
hooked up to a network, so 3 perfectly good machines can't be used. is there
anyway to get break through the login. Of course all this took place because
the login screen displayed and students type anything in. If there is no
other way, I'll have do dump 2000 to install 98.

"Ron Badour" wrote:

You cannot load W98 over W2K. Do you want to dual boot the two systems or
do you want to dump W2K and just use W98?

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Dijait" wrote in message
news
Can anyone help me with the steps to reloading Windows 98 on computers
that
have 2000 on them?

And then you can help me stop the login screen from displaying at start
up.

You should ask in a Windows 2000 newsgroup. At the very least, there should
be a way to recover your data and re-install W2K.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Dijait" wrote in message
...
I guess I need to dump it then. Will I lose all the data on the machine?
like student files, installed programs, etc.? I tell you what, my problem
is
that no one seems to know the password to three of our machines. We are
not
hooked up to a network, so 3 perfectly good machines can't be used. is
there
anyway to get break through the login. Of course all this took place
because
the login screen displayed and students type anything in. If there is no
other way, I'll have do dump 2000 to install 98.

Yes you would lose all data. I agree with Jeff. Post to a W2K newsgroup
and maybe someone knows how to bypass the password (if it can even be done).

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Dijait" wrote in message
...
I guess I need to dump it then. Will I lose all the data on the machine?
like student files, installed programs, etc.? I tell you what, my problem
is
that no one seems to know the password to three of our machines. We are
not
hooked up to a network, so 3 perfectly good machines can't be used. is
there
anyway to get break through the login. Of course all this took place
because
the login screen displayed and students type anything in. If there is no
other way, I'll have do dump 2000 to install 98.

"Ron Badour" wrote:

You cannot load W98 over W2K. Do you want to dual boot the two systems
or
do you want to dump W2K and just use W98?

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Dijait" wrote in message
news
Can anyone help me with the steps to reloading Windows 98 on computers
that
have 2000 on them?

And then you can help me stop the login screen from displaying at
start
up.

To quote from a post I just read in 2k ng:
See the link below on a free program to download that can be used to create
a bootable floppy or cdrom to reset your administrator password to logon
with. First try to logon with the account name " administrator " and leave
the password blank to see if that works. If it is, you want to be sure to
give it a hard to guess password and write it down somewhere where you do
not want other people to find if you do not want them to access the
computer. The password reset utility requires a little knowledge of how a
computer works though for most of the prompts you can use the default
setting and hit enter until it asks you what you want to do and for what
account. --- Steve

http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_admini...r_password.htm
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ -- select "bootdisk" and be sure
to read section on "how do I use" .

"Ron Badour" wrote in message
...
Yes you would lose all data. I agree with Jeff. Post to a W2K newsgroup
and maybe someone knows how to bypass the password (if it can even be
done).

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Dijait" wrote in message
...
I guess I need to dump it then. Will I lose all the data on the machine?
like student files, installed programs, etc.? I tell you what, my
problem
is
that no one seems to know the password to three of our machines. We are
not
hooked up to a network, so 3 perfectly good machines can't be used. is
there
anyway to get break through the login. Of course all this took place
because
the login screen displayed and students type anything in. If there is no
other way, I'll have do dump 2000 to install 98.

"Ron Badour" wrote:

You cannot load W98 over W2K. Do you want to dual boot the two systems
or
do you want to dump W2K and just use W98?

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Dijait" wrote in message
news Can anyone help me with the steps to reloading Windows 98 on
computers
that
have 2000 on them?

And then you can help me stop the login screen from displaying at
start
up.

I was able to solve my login problem with the program from the link that you
listed. I jumped for joy and shouted Hallelujah!!!!

I was able to set the password for each machine to blank so that new
students can just press enter to get in.

Thanks.

"Alphonse" wrote:

To quote from a post I just read in 2k ng:
See the link below on a free program to download that can be used to create
a bootable floppy or cdrom to reset your administrator password to logon
with. First try to logon with the account name " administrator " and leave
the password blank to see if that works. If it is, you want to be sure to
give it a hard to guess password and write it down somewhere where you do
not want other people to find if you do not want them to access the
computer. The password reset utility requires a little knowledge of how a
computer works though for most of the prompts you can use the default
setting and hit enter until it asks you what you want to do and for what
account. --- Steve

http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_admini...r_password.htm
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ -- select "bootdisk" and be sure
to read section on "how do I use" .

"Ron Badour" wrote in message
...
Yes you would lose all data. I agree with Jeff. Post to a W2K newsgroup
and maybe someone knows how to bypass the password (if it can even be
done).

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Dijait" wrote in message
...
I guess I need to dump it then. Will I lose all the data on the machine?
like student files, installed programs, etc.? I tell you what, my
problem
is
that no one seems to know the password to three of our machines. We are
not
hooked up to a network, so 3 perfectly good machines can't be used. is
there
anyway to get break through the login. Of course all this took place
because
the login screen displayed and students type anything in. If there is no
other way, I'll have do dump 2000 to install 98.

"Ron Badour" wrote:

You cannot load W98 over W2K. Do you want to dual boot the two systems
or
do you want to dump W2K and just use W98?

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Dijait" wrote in message
news Can anyone help me with the steps to reloading Windows 98 on
computers
that
have 2000 on them?

And then you can help me stop the login screen from displaying at
start
up.

In that case a high-five for Steve... I was just the messenger. Glad to have
been of help.
--
Cheers,
Alphonse

"Dijait" wrote in message
...
I was able to solve my login problem with the program from the link that
you
listed. I jumped for joy and shouted Hallelujah!!!!

I was able to set the password for each machine to blank so that new
students can just press enter to get in.

Thanks.

"Alphonse" wrote:

To quote from a post I just read in 2k ng:
See the link below on a free program to download that can be used to
create
a bootable floppy or cdrom to reset your administrator password to logon
with. First try to logon with the account name " administrator " and
leave
the password blank to see if that works. If it is, you want to be sure to
give it a hard to guess password and write it down somewhere where you do
not want other people to find if you do not want them to access the
computer. The password reset utility requires a little knowledge of how a
computer works though for most of the prompts you can use the default
setting and hit enter until it asks you what you want to do and for what
account. --- Steve

http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_admini...r_password.htm
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ -- select "bootdisk" and be
sure
to read section on "how do I use" .

"Ron Badour" wrote in message
...
Yes you would lose all data. I agree with Jeff. Post to a W2K
newsgroup
and maybe someone knows how to bypass the password (if it can even be
done).

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Dijait" wrote in message
...
I guess I need to dump it then. Will I lose all the data on the
machine?
like student files, installed programs, etc.? I tell you what, my
problem
is
that no one seems to know the password to three of our machines. We
are
not
hooked up to a network, so 3 perfectly good machines can't be used.
is
there
anyway to get break through the login. Of course all this took place
because
the login screen displayed and students type anything in. If there is
no
other way, I'll have do dump 2000 to install 98.

"Ron Badour" wrote:

You cannot load W98 over W2K. Do you want to dual boot the two
systems
or
do you want to dump W2K and just use W98?

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Dijait" wrote in message
news Can anyone help me with the steps to reloading Windows 98 on
computers
that
have 2000 on them?

And then you can help me stop the login screen from displaying at
start
up.