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by whankerry

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Yo,

Just got a PC but having major problemo with it. Dont know the logon stuff to get on the PC. The guy who sold me the thing says it came without help and will not sort me out. Looks to be Windows 2003 on the screen when it starts. It is also quite a big 'n'heavy PC. Bigger than my last one.

How do I get on the PC?

Have I wasted my $350 then if there is no help.

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by now left tr

The "guy" who sold you the PC is bound by law to help. That is unless this PC is not 'Within the Law'. I think it has been stolen and sold on to you. Windows 2003 is not a home PC Operating System. Your description also sounds like a server. Advice - contact the Police.

by cg it

sound like the guy stole a server and sold it to you.

Good luck, if he won't give you the user name and password, you'll have to crack it. Once you do that, all the running services that use that user name and password won't work, [cuz you changed it] so you might get in by cracking it, but then you've cause all sorts of problems after you get in.

by jdclyde

You can get in just as much trouble as the thief that sold it to you if you do not report it.

Recieving stolen property IS A CRIME.

Breaking into a stolen computer IS A CRIME.

Call the cops, but be warned that "the guy" that sold you a stolen server will have to be ID'd.

Doing ANYTHING with that system other than calling the police will likely get YOU in trouble. If you call the cops and it turns out not to be stolen, you are free and clear.

by kiltie

Have to agree with TechMail here, this looks like a hot one, and you are in receipt of stolen property.

2003 is not a domestic OS, your best bet is to contact the police asap, you should be safe from prosecution if you do that immediately, ie soon as you become suspicious, as the authorities want to encourage the reporting of such crimes.

If it is what I think it is, it will be part of a lot of equipment being sold on, and they will want to crack the "ring" stealing such things.

Who knows, you may even get a reward for evidence leading to the successful prosecution of the criminals. it's probably a company that lost a lot of equipment, they will want to both catch this ring and get any equipment back, mainly because there may be a lot of irreplacable data.

They should be very, very grateful.

by rdaugherty

It could just be an old computer that a company sold. The person who sold it to you may just be selling off old computers As IS. Especially if you bought it off a place like ebay. If you want to access the computer you should go out and buy a licenced copy of a OS and then format the computer and install the new OS. Then you will have to download all the drivers for the computer and install those in order to get the computer fully functional. It will be good experience for you to go through this process. Otherwise you can pay somebody else to do it for you. Good Luck!

by jdclyde

Are you not aware that if your example was true, they COULD NOT and WOULD NOT leave the OS on the systme?

And NO ONE that legally sells a system would refuse to at least clear out any passwords.

If you keep stolen property, you are just as much of a low life and criminal as the person that actually stole it. Think what your future in IT will be like when you get busted for computer theft and hacking into a corporate server.

Good luck staying out of jail. No one with half a clue will help you hack this stolen server.

by techexec2

[i]"Especially if you bought it off a place like ebay."[/i]

Do you have any idea how much fraud like this there is on eBay? "Great deals" on eBay that are not sold by legitimate businesses are usually fraudulent. Even though I am very careful, I've even been defrauded by legitimate businesses on eBay...twice! They did not get away with it though. I nailed those bastards to the wall and got full justice both times without having to go to court.

by techexec2

Deals that are too good to be true...never are.

Sounds like you bought a very current server for $350. The only Windows that is identified as "2003" is a server. Windows Server 2003 is very expensive compared to a client version like Windows XP Home or Professional. A big chassis suggests a server. If it were not stolen property, it could be sold for a lot more than $350. Why do you think "the guy" sold it to you for only $350?

Your "problemo" is not that you cannot login to your new server. Your "problemo" is that you have purchased stolen property and are now in possession of stolen property. The best thing you can do for yourself is to report this immediately to the police.

Next time:
- Buy from a legitimate store. Verify!
- Get a receipt (with preprinted store name on top...you know...legitimate).
- Walk away from any deal that is too good to be true.

by kiltie

I suppose we ought to treat this seriously, so as to help him, if he is simply naive, very serious consequences are possible.

but I checked his profile

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new member
no activity

The [u][i]only[/i][/u] part filled in was:

Job role: [i][b]Non[/b]-Computer Consultant[/i]

now try and pronounce his ID..........

[b]whankerry@...[/b]

are we being had?

by techexec2

Who knows?

The whole story stinks. At least one of the people in the story is not one of the good guys.

And, YOU are always the skeptic. It's a really good trait...One learned through experience. It's also called wisdom.

Keep up the good work!

:-)

P.S. _I_ wasn't had. I was just playing along! :^0

by cg it

Kiltie of course we're being had.

why do you think I said crack the password and all the services stop functioning properly because it uses that account.

It's like the posters who say they hook up their DSL to a switch and can't figure out why they don't have internet.

by jinteik

As i am learning windows 2003, i tried installing other software like microsoft word and it cant install.

does it mean to run s/ware or programns on win2k3 we need some sort of high end version programs?

how about games?

by now left tr

I never paid attention to who posted when I first replied. Looking at it now I aggree.

by tig2

Begins his post with, "Yo", I get suspicious.

You guys all gave him the right answer. Well, except one. Almost anyone of us would have told him to call the police or other law enforcement.

What I think we will discover is that this guy is a seagull.

Excellent catch, Kiltie!

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