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Locked computer
Name: rdragona Date: September 10, 2008 at 18:25:24 Pacific OS: Windows 2000 CPU/Ram: ??? Product: ???
Comment:
I have a computer that I got from my teacher that she was getting rid of but when I try to sign in it give me the sign in screen and I can't sign in. Any way to bypass it?
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: September 11, 2008 at 04:37:15 Pacific
Reply:
The login should be cached. You should still be able to login with her userid and password. Although without knowing the local Admin userid and password, you may as well just reload the computer.
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Response Number 5
Name: OtheHill Date: September 11, 2008 at 05:48:07 Pacific
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Maybe I misunderstand but it sounds like you are trying to connect to the school network. Why would we help you do that?
If the teacher owned the computer she can also give you the restore disks so you can restore to factory state.
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Response Number 6
Name: worldlibrary Date: September 14, 2008 at 18:07:02 Pacific
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Just a guess, but I bet your teacher expected you to reload the computer with your own OS rather than theirs.
If you gain access to their OS you also have access to all of their files and personal information.
I just don't think they are willing to do that.
So reload it... It would actually be quicker than trying to gain access through other means.
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Response Number 7
Name: OtheHill Date: September 14, 2008 at 19:13:57 Pacific
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#6 is correct.
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Response Number 8
Name: rdragona Date: September 16, 2008 at 23:03:16 Pacific
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I try to load a new OS but it said disk load failed. I think they blocked it.
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Response Number 9
Name: OtheHill Date: September 17, 2008 at 05:13:14 Pacific
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You MAY need to change some settings in the BIOS. You may be currently trying to boot from the network, for one thing.
Watch the screens at start up to verify you have a working hard drive in the computer. Set the boot order to CD before hard drive 0.
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Response Number 10
Name: Intel 80486 (by meisinscotland) Date: September 27, 2008 at 04:03:23 Pacific
Reply:
Try typing in
Username: Administrator Password:
[yes, blank password]
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