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Name: gergster
Date: October 26, 2005 at 12:55:41 Pacific
Subject: admin password
OS: win2000
CPU/Ram: amd700/256

Comment:

Got a computer second hand the other day. Nothing on it except the O/S and a few others (norton, adobe, etc.). I added a network card, and now when windows boots up, it asks for the admin password. I tried hitting "enter", putting in "administrator", etc, but to no avail.
All I really wanted to do was get the updates and use it for a basic Internet machine, but I can't get in. I have no discs with it, no recovery CD, nada. I do have the original Windows product key sticker, but that's about it. Any ideas how to work around it, or should I just reformat and InstallXP and be done with it?
Thanks.

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Response Number 1

Name: H (by _hank)
Date: October 26, 2005 at 18:06:19 Pacific
Subject: admin password

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You'd be better off reformatting and installing xP.

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Response Number 2

Name: Martin02777
Date: October 27, 2005 at 10:31:49 Pacific
Subject: admin password

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You can use an utility like passware to reset the admin account it isnt free.
Martin

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Response Number 3

Name: philwg
Date: October 27, 2005 at 18:43:28 Pacific
Subject: admin password

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Hey you don't have to re-install!! Go here http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ and use the util to blank the admin password, easy ah!! Or else check out this site http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm#20 for other utils, oh yea ITS FREE!!! Unlike what Martin the noob has suggested

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Response Number 4

Name: gergster
Date: October 28, 2005 at 17:31:09 Pacific
Subject: admin password

Reply: (edit)

I just reformatted/ reinstalled clean XP SP2. No problems. Thanks for the replies.
G

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