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| 406769 | 2005-11-23 04:44:00 | hi there, my friend bought a ex-cyber cafe computer. We installed win2000 on it, however i think even before we installed it we couldn't access control panel. How do you think i can go about either, getting it back or accessing it. |
MrBeef (342) | ||
| 406770 | 2005-11-23 04:51:00 | Did you completely reformat the hard drive first? What was the original OS? | Jen (38) | ||
| 406771 | 2005-11-23 04:52:00 | no we didn't. it had windows 98 on it beforehand |
MrBeef (342) | ||
| 406772 | 2005-11-23 04:54:00 | Put the windows 2000 cd in and change the boot cd in the BIOS to the cd . Then boot from the cd . So it'll format then install 2000 . When it says to press a key (the first time, on the post screen), press a key only once . When it reboots a few times after this, dont press a key after it reboots . Only when u have to enter the info in . Otherwise, it'll go round in circles . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 406773 | 2005-11-23 05:06:00 | hmmm yeh..the bios... the ******s put a password on it. we have some passwords that our mate who got a computer from the cyber cafe got from the asian dude. but they dont seem to be working on this computer. anyway we can remove the password |
MrBeef (342) | ||
| 406774 | 2005-11-23 05:11:00 | remove the battery, wait a couple of minutes and reinstall and boot to the bios | bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 406775 | 2005-11-23 05:15:00 | bob...let them know it's the CMOS battery on the motherboard you refer to and not a 9 volt or some other battery they might try to find. | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
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