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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: vivian on July 11, 2006, 10:38:45 AM

Title: password
Post by: vivian on July 11, 2006, 10:38:45 AM

 :-? Hi! I do hope someone can help me.  My daughter was given a computer by a friend of ours, this computer had not been used for some time.  When it was switched on [windows 2000] it required a user name and a password, we had the user name but our friend could not remember the password.  So it wont let her even open the desktop so we can do nothing.  please help her. thanks.  :)

Title: Re: password
Post by: vivian on July 11, 2006, 10:41:15 AM

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:-? Hi! I do hope someone can help me.  My daughter was given a computer by a friend of ours, this computer had not been used for some time.  When it was switched on [windows 2000] it required a user name and a password, we had the user name but our friend could not remember the password.  So it wont let her even open the desktop so we can do nothing.  please help her. thanks.  :)

Title: Re: password
Post by: Rob Pomeroy on July 11, 2006, 10:48:20 AM

If there's nothing on that computer that you need to save, why not start with a fresh installation of Windows?  That way you won't be inheriting anyone else's problems.  :)

Title: Re: password
Post by: unlovedwarrior on July 14, 2006, 01:22:21 PM

i know what ur doing ;D ::)

Title: Re: password
Post by: dl65 on July 14, 2006, 01:30:02 PM

 vivian....  The simplest and probably the easiest way would be to do as robpomeroy has already suggested ........ simply wipe that machine clean and then reinstall windows . In the long run , it will prove to be a much better solution .

dl65  ::)