Unknown logon password

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Purchase a "Full Version" of Windows XP and perform
a "clean install".

Clean Install Windows XP
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

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Carey Frisch
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Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/windowsxp/choose.mspx

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"Avrum" wrote:

| I have purchased an HP Vectra VL420MT at a bankruptcy auction. It is loaded
| with Windows NT Server version 4.0. A logon password is called for BUT no
| password logon was supplied. How do I do a work around?
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| AMF

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Avrum wrote:

> I have purchased an HP Vectra VL420MT at a bankruptcy auction. It is
> loaded with Windows NT Server version 4.0. A logon password is called
> for BUT no password logon was supplied. How do I do a work around?

Use NTpasswd and change the Administrator password to a blank.

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

It is best practice to format the hard drive and clean install an
operating system of your choice on a second-hand computer.

Malke
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MS-MVP Windows User/Shell
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic"