RE: removing old password

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From: sgopus <sgopus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:48:00 -0700

whats the operating system? home ? pro? or what?
you might be able to use the admin account if it was left blank and create a
new account. did you get the xp cd with it? in case you need to reinstall?

"scarolinagirl" wrote:

I received a computer for free it has a password on and the username is
already on it but I don't know the password how do I get in to change the
password or how do I go about getting around the password so I can go in and
change it. Please help
--
scarolinagirl

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