I bought a laptop and computer from an estate auction, and found out that both are pw protected. Huh!!!! So, what can I do?
What make computers are they? What OS are they running? There are password recover tools on the net. If they don't work & you can't guess the password, you may have to buy the recovery CDs from the manufacturer. A more complicated way is to boot with a Live CD & delete the SAM file. Sometimes that works.
How do you know when a politician is lying? His mouth is moving.
Go back to the auction and get your money back.
We don't know if both windows and hardware or just one is locked. You would need both.
1/3 of highway deaths are caused by drunks. The rest are by people who can't drive any better than a drunk.
How do you get your money back from an auction? I never heard of that. How do you know when a politician is lying? His mouth is moving.
Maybe that's why they were in the auction. You take that risk unless you can see them working. Always pop back and let us know the outcome - thanks
They are working. They just didn't come with a password. How do you know when a politician is lying? His mouth is moving.
Well, I guess that depends on the definition of "working". If they are password protected then there is no way to tell if they are capable of booting to Windows. Always pop back and let us know the outcome - thanks
Asking for a password seems like it's working to me. How do you know when a politician is lying? His mouth is moving.
I didn't go to that auction. I can't tell if it was a hog selling auction or an online auction. I would think that common online auctions offer a grace period. Some hog auctions do also.
1/3 of highway deaths are caused by drunks. The rest are by people who can't drive any better than a drunk.
Maybe he should trade the PCs for a hog. A hog seems to be worth more, at this point. Oink How do you know when a politician is lying? His mouth is moving.
Laptops make neat sandwich boxes without the innerds and towers are OK for window boxes. Always pop back and let us know the outcome - thanks
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