Re: window 2000 professional

From: Karl Levinson [x y] mvp (levinson_k_at_despammed.com)
Date: 11/28/03 

Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 07:51:10 -0500

"*Vanguard*" <no-email@post-reply-in-newsgroup.nix> wrote in message
news:uTFJb7WtDHA.2304@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

> If you didn't get the installation media for the operating system either
> as a retail version or a restore CD then you did not get a legal copy of
> the operating system. I had an aunt that purchased a used PC from her
> company that promised to include Windows but no installation media was
> provided (and none could be generated by a utility on the drive) so she
> never really got the OS. The company had simply left the software of
> the drive but kept it all and so the sale was fraudulent. Once I
> pointed it out to them, they immediately accepted a return of the
> system.

Not always. Some PCs are sold with Windows licenses that travel with the
computer and cannot be reused on other computers. Sometimes you see a
sticker on the PC case with the Windows license number when this is the
case. In this event, the person with the computer has the licensed copy and
the person that sold the PC does not.

To reset the Windows password, use a password reset disk. From the FAQ:

http://securityadmin.info/faq.asp#password