Re: administrative password
From: Karl Levinson [x y] mvp (levinson_k@excite.com)
Date: 11/20/02
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From: "Karl Levinson [x y] mvp" <levinson_k@excite.com> Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 16:21:28 -0500
"Susie Ray" <raysr1@mchsi.com> wrote in message
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> I have Windows XP installed on a SONY VAIO computer.(gift
> for Xmas, 2001). Recently my "C" drive (only) was
> corrupted with viruses.Evidently the anti-virus that was
> installed was not working properly. I purchased McAfee
> Anti-virus, but cannot get it to install, evidently
> because I cannot remember my administrative password.
> SONY said the default was the enter key, but that does not
> work. Otherwise, they say, there is no way to circumvent
> the security of Windows XP, short of reformatting the hard
> drive and losing everything.
That's not exactly true.
For what it's worth, I hate anything by McAfee. For novice users I prefer
Norton, or you could try www.grisoft.com which is free. Either way, be sure
to configure it to download updates every day.
Resettting the administrator password [note that some of these methods like
the boot disks can cause you to lose any data files which you might have
encrypted using EFS encryption]:
http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#password
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