re: getting past windows password screen
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at 9:16 pm
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by C K
(6528 messages posted)
If it's the Windows screen and not the BIOS screen that you can't get past, then
from a legal standpoint, if a machine comes out of a business that you don't own,
you should format the drive and install an operating system that is, or can be, registered
to you. If you didn't get any install or recovery media with it for reloading it
clean, then I would definately take off the old system and put a clean version of
W2K or XP on it that I personally owned. Could save you some grief down the road
so to speak..
As for getting by the log in and password, there is info posted on the net if you
Google for it.. We aren't supposed to help with this particular issue on this forum
(as it pertains to security and ownership issues)..
You should be able to use the machine, with a clean install of W2K or XP (if the
hardware can handle it) if it hasn't been password protected in the BIOS. In that
case, there are ways to reset that password to..
On Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at 5:50 pm, ken wrote:
>my job was throwing away a couple of computers and i took one. when i turned it
on
>it has windows 2000 on it and a user name and password screen pops up. i dont know
>the password and no one there knows it either. how can i get past it. can i ever
>use this computer?
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