Re: Have Laptop with XP on it but do not know the password.
- From: "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 13:42:01 -0700
On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:26:00 -0800, Virginia
<Virginia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Help. A friend has received a laptop from a relative that has died. Do not
have the password. What do we do????? The laptop does not have a floppy drive.
In my view, not having the password doesn't matter. If I acquired a
used computer (even from a relative), the first thing I would do with
it would be to reinstall the operating system cleanly. You have no
idea how the computer has been maintained, what has been installed
incorrectly, what is missing, what viruses and spyware there may be,
etc. I wouldn't want to live with somebody else's mistakes and
problems, possibility of kiddie porn, etc., and I wouldn't recommend
that anyone else do either.
--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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