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Old 06-21-2010   #5
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Originally Posted by jak View Post
hey
i have an old laptop that i want to re-use and it has windows XP on but the problem is that it has only one account (the administrator) one and it has a password on and yeah u've guessed it i forgot the pass

any thoughts??
usualy a computer has 2 accounts, the regular administrator account made to your name, and a hidden administrator account
if it is not the hidden account you are talkign about... try logging onto it, the password is usually either empty of also administrator...
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