I lost the Administrator password to an old Windows 2000 Server that needed to be patched desperately.  It had been running happily in my closet for over 2 years.

So, how to recover the Admin PW for this beAst?  There’s always:

• Password Recovery Service: http://www.lostpassword.com/windows-xp-2000-nt.htm
• ERD Commander: http://www.winternals.com/products/repairandrecovery/locksmith.asp

But those cost more money than I am willing to put into this machine (as the machine is hardly worth $199, so, how about:

• http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm
• http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
• http://www.jms1.net/nt-unlock.html 
• http://www.cgsecurity.org/