Windows on older comp..

Nizzick · 07-29-2006, 07:03 PM

I've come across a Dell that was used in a school system. It runs windows xp, but it has all the administrator stuff from the school district running on it. Is there any way I an do away with that stuff?

Clutch · 07-29-2006, 07:16 PM

Reformat the drive and put a fresh installation of Windows on it.

jp198780 · 07-29-2006, 07:21 PM

or if you dont want 2 buy XP, just delete everything, might take a while...

Nizzick · 07-29-2006, 11:25 PM

Just don't know if I would be able to get around having to be the administrator to delete the stuff. :-P
Wish I had a ghost.

Mattu · 07-30-2006, 12:55 AM

You mean you don't know the administrator password? If so this was a big help to me when I didn't know the XP administrator password on my laptop: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

robina_80 · 08-01-2006, 11:52 AM

if y9u got the windows cd and the key reinstall windows again otherwise you have to delete all the stuff off

charly · 08-01-2006, 06:26 PM

the programm i use to get user id's is the good old "erdcommander".
it allows to detect users + their password, and even set a new admin account.

i read somewhere that XP stores a duplicate userprofile somewhere and that a editor (after booting from disk) makes it able to read.

sorry, dono where

07-29-2006, 07:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
Nizzick New Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 13	Windows on older comp.. I've come across a Dell that was used in a school system. It runs windows xp, but it has all the administrator stuff from the school district running on it. Is there any way I an do away with that stuff?

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jp198780 Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Deptford, New Jersey Age: 18 Posts: 4,090	or if you dont want 2 buy XP, just delete everything, might take a while... __________________ My computer:Amd x2 4200+@2.20ghz 1gb ram 200gb 7200rpm hard drive X1950XT xp home

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Mattu Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Knoxville, Tennessee Posts: 431	You mean you don't know the administrator password? If so this was a big help to me when I didn't know the XP administrator password on my laptop: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ __________________ My Home Built Machine: Intel Pentium D 925 3GHz 1024MB DDR 2700 RAM Nvidia GeForce 7600 512MB

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07-29-2006, 07:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
Clutch banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 19 Posts: 572	Reformat the drive and put a fresh installation of Windows on it.

07-29-2006, 11:25 PM	#4 (permalink)
Nizzick New Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 13	Just don't know if I would be able to get around having to be the administrator to delete the stuff. :-P Wish I had a ghost.

08-01-2006, 06:26 PM	#7 (permalink)
charly Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: austria Age: 47 Posts: 158	the programm i use to get user id's is the good old "erdcommander". it allows to detect users + their password, and even set a new admin account. i read somewhere that XP stores a duplicate userprofile somewhere and that a editor (after booting from disk) makes it able to read. sorry, dono where

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