Hi I've received a computer from a flatmate who has returned to Australia. I cannot login as i do not know her windows logon password and i cannot get in touch with her. I have tried logging in many ways such as using Administrator as a username and such. There is no way i can get into windows. I have a windows 2000 cd which i thought i could stick in and re-install windows however when i re-boot it just goes straight to the login window. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Check to see if you have your cd-rom booting before your hard drive in your bios. If you don't your won't be able to boot off the cd. Once you do this you should be able to reinstall.

I have a similar problem, only with my own computer.. Any assistance would be much appreciated. I set up a password on my computer so that only I could log on. And I forgot the password completely. I knew I put down rainy11... but it doesnt work. I have tried any kinda password I could think of. And it wont work for me. I dont have the guest account turned on, so I cant use my computer at all... And I realy realy dont want to reformat because I dont have my files backed up, and I have some precious stuff on there I dont want to lose.. please help, -kristen