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by damelangua

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I was recently given an older company pc by our IT guy who was replacing it with newer pc. When I turned it on, it has a logon box which needs a password and user id. This pc has not been used in a couple of years so last user is long gone and our IT guy doesn't know how to reset the password. Is there some way to change the password for access without administrator privileges? I'm told the pc has some great software loaded on it and that's what I'm trying to get at. Help please!

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by w2ktechman

"I was recently given an older company pc by our IT guy who was replacing it with newer pc."
and
"This pc has not been used in a couple of years "

Why is a PC not being used, being replaced???

Anyway, ask your IT guy to get onto it or rebuild it.

by w2ktechman

cannot make up a good story to get an admin pw for a free system...

by Former member

Such as, what Operating system? If windows, is it a member of a Domain?

Assuming that it is a standlone win2k or XP machine, http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/ will take care of it.

by w2ktechman

you could be helping a criminal or criminal wannabe here. Since we have no way of truly knowing, sending them to the proper IT shop is the best way to answer. Or at least, in this case, telling them to contact their IT person/dept. would be most appropriate.

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