Login in access denied

From: Bruce (bbruce@mail.com)
Date: 01/02/03


From: "Bruce" <bbruce@mail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 09:13:59 -0800


Miguel,

You need to be an administrator to reinstall Win2K. You
are giving this user bad advice.

>-----Original Message-----
>When you setup Windows 2000, it had to ask you for an
>administrator password. When the computer comes up, type
>in 'Administrator' in the username and type in any
>password you think you might have put in. If you can't
>remember any of the passwords, you'll probably have to re-
>install windows again.
>
>Miguel
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Trying to upgrade our old computer, my wife installed
win
>>2000 pro. We have no knowledge of this program and
>>cannot access the computer or restore it to the original
>>configuration. How do we get logged into the system?
>>
>>Default username is PreferredCustomer and the password
>>is (?) Nothing works
>>
>>Please help
>>.
>>
>.
>



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