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Thread ID: 77334	2007-03-06 00:36:00	Admin Password needed	Ockerr (1960)	Press F1

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530564	2007-03-06 00:36:00	Hi All I just bought a Old Computer it has XPPro on it. It used to belong to a School, The Password was put there probley by one of the Teachers or staff. I have been told there is nothing Important on the Hard Drive because it was wiped. I used to have a program that would search for old passwords on the Drive via dos But cant remember the name of it. Does any one know of a File that can be deleted Like win98 can, That will wipe that admin password so I can gain access Cheers and Thanks	Ockerr (1960)
530565	2007-03-06 00:53:00	Well either ring whoever had it previously, and ask for the password. But then why would any pw be on it if someone formatted it? Or format it again.	Speedy Gonzales (78)
530566	2007-03-06 04:09:00	As I said it has XPpro on it. and its password protected. Like I said it was origonally passworded by one of the staff or the Admin. No one at the School knows who, as there was 50 computers in the sale. I bought it as they said a new Installation of XpPro is on the Drive. I Just thought there was some Brain on F1 that would know How to bypass the Admin login Cheers	Ockerr (1960)
530567	2007-03-06 04:16:00	Try this http://www.loginrecovery.com/	racepics (7812)
530568	2007-03-06 04:20:00	As I said it has XPpro on it. and its password protected. Like I said it was origonally passworded by one of the staff or the Admin. No one at the School knows who, as there was 50 computers in the sale. I bought it as they said a new Installation of XpPro is on the Drive. I Just thought there was some Brain on F1 that would know How to bypass the Admin login Cheers Meh, whats the use of a password if it can be bypassed?...LOL, There are some apps out there that read the cache, however, the programme has to be loaded and someone will have to use the admin account to collect the info. Are you sure they put a password on the admin account?	SolMiester (139)
530569	2007-03-06 04:25:00	There used to be a linux livecd called Astrumi? or some such - you could boot from it and nuke any windows passwords. Try googling - always turns up something :) Did you get a winxp cd with it? - if so you could always do a reinstall - at least then you would KNOW there was no garbage left on it.	racepics (7812)
530570	2007-03-06 04:35:00	Correct me if I'm wrong here - but is a school allowed to sell off a PC with Windows still on it? Since the OS is probably an edu-dept-only deal and part of a bulk license purchase, I would have thought they would have to sell the hardware only - eg: formatted and empty...	racepics (7812)
530571	2007-03-06 04:43:00	Might be wrong and usually am but in XP (home edition) try/Control Panel/User Accounts there is an option to change or remove your password. I would assume there is a similar sort of system to change or alter the password in XP Pro-but it may require administrative rights-people more well versed in this situation will help you out. My local IT guy managed to bypass my P/W when I forgot to tell him what it was-in his words- "it just took a couple of keystrokes"- so it would appear to be quite a simple process on the surface. Probably no help at all but the solution appears to be quite simple so long as you know where to look. Regards Gordon.	Gordon62 (11771)
530572	2007-03-06 04:48:00	Might be wrong and usually am but in XP (home edition) try/Control Panel/User Accounts there is an option to change or remove your password. From what I can tell he cant get into the PC at all - eg: he needs a password to get into windoze first - before he can reach control panel etc... :)	racepics (7812)
530573	2007-03-06 04:52:00	Correct me if I'm wrong here - but is a school allowed to sell off a PC with Windows still on it? Since the OS is probably an edu-dept-only deal and part of a bulk license purchase, I would have thought they would have to sell the hardware only - eg: formatted and empty... You are absolutely correct. Microsoft did a deal with the Ministry of Education, giving schools a volume licence key for OS's and Office software, but we are absolutely not allowed to on-sell the software! This is a HUGE breach of the contract.	davehartley (3487)
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