Re: lost password

you have to pull apart the machine and pull the battery. this erases the
administrator password. then you can log on a administrator


"Brian" <b@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi -
> A couple of years ago a colleague set up a computer at work with a guest
> account so that patients would be able to access the internet, type
> letters etc., whilst they were there. Now he wants to add some more
> programmes but cannot log on to the admin account as he has forgotten the
> name and password that he originally used. Is there any solution to this,
> or if he has to reinstall the whole of Windows (2000) would he need the
> original name/password to format the disk so that he can reinstall?
>
> Any help or suggestions on this would be appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Brian.
>


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