Hav ing problem with passwords not letting xp install.

[Noitisnotme]

I have a person 1000 miles from me that purchased a
computer from a company that has windows 2000 on it and
the password that he has for the one user does not allow
administrator Privileges so he cannot install xp. I tried
having him go into the bios so it would boot from the cd
drive and that has a password also which he does not know.
I had him remove the battery to see if that would reset
the bios password and it did not. How do I get windows
2000 not letting us install xp without a admin passord.
I am sure if I was there I could figure out which pins
would reset the bios but I am not there.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

You need to know what kind of motherboard it has, then you can research the
proper way to reset the BIOS defaults and clear the password.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Malke]

I have a person 1000 miles from me that purchased a
computer from a company that has windows 2000 on it and
the password that he has for the one user does not allow
administrator Privileges so he cannot install xp. I tried
having him go into the bios so it would boot from the cd
drive and that has a password also which he does not know.
I had him remove the battery to see if that would reset
the bios password and it did not. How do I get windows
2000 not letting us install xp without a admin passord.
I am sure if I was there I could figure out which pins
would reset the bios but I am not there.

Logically, your friend would contact the company that sold him/her the
computer and get the passwords.

Malke

 

[noitisnotme]

That is what he is doing but I was just trying to get it
up and running last night.
He had xp to place on it so I thought I would if I could
get it running and then when he got the password for the
bios we would check things there.