Re: Unlock Computer?

From: George Hester (hesterloli_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/31/04 

Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 15:08:53 -0400

The Administrator can unlock it. If you have never entered an Administrator password (when you installed the operating system) just use Administrator as the user name and leave the password field blank. 

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George Hester
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"Rick Mudd" <ramudd@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:P_Kuc.47867$ZM1.10188@bignews6.bellsouth.net...
> Hi,
> More problems! Guess this isn't my month. My grandson opened task manager
> and clicked (Lock Computer). How do I unlock it. I have no password set. and
> when I try to unlock says Rick then Password I click ok and still is locked.
> Task manager says Computer is running but locked.
> Rick M
> 
>

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