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Name: officer837
Date: February 2, 2009 at 06:25:03 Pacific
OS: Windows xp
Subcategory: Software Problems
Comment:

i changed my laptop from an office domain to a home one and now i cannot get back into it, tried the old admin/ admin password but does not work! all passwords i try are no good! any ideas? i don`t want to reinstall windows due to docs i need.



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Name: Jennifer SUMN
Date: February 2, 2009 at 08:46:59 Pacific
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Are you changing the login to the Local Computer? If so, you'd then use the LOCAL Admin account and password.

If you still can't get it, take it back to work, tell your IT person what you did, and have him/her fix it.

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To have to beg you to see
We’re not all the same
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