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26-03-2008, 07:36 PM
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recieved pc tower running win xp but unable
I received a COMPAQ tower from a friend which i am running win 98 se and have actually no memory on mine . This received came with win xp but i am unable to access desktop due to win xp security username screen has her sons name and password saved to it, our problem is that the son has forgotten password and i would like to figure how to disable this. I am unable to get to desktop only can access start up at when i boot. This compaq has been replenished and different things added to it ex. hard drive etc it also has a cd writer that is not connected so that will be my next step. any hints??
Last edited by irish1971 : 26-03-2008 at 07:38 PM. |
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26-03-2008, 08:17 PM
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If you have the xp cd I would boot from cd with a fresh install--------gets rid of any crap off the drive.
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27-03-2008, 07:54 AM
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Hmmm Crunching
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Dont Compaq keep part of the BIOS in a hidden partition on the HDD?
They used to do this & if you wiped the HDD you had to have a Compaq disk to recover it?
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