help ! I'm wanting to re-use my old IBM thinkpad BUT have forgotten password.
Have tried the other answers but they don't work for this which is on
windows 2000

You need a NT Password Cracker. What it does is breaks the SAM file that is associated with stored passwords for each user. Look for something like SAMuari or similar.

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