somebody seems to have changed my admin password and disabled everything
From: taurarian (taurarian@hotmail.com)
Date: 02/06/03
From: "taurarian" <taurarian@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 02:28:59 -0800
Try this
Reboot to Safe Mode, select Administrator, leave password
blank
I actually found this on the Newsgroup site. Haven't tried
it myself.
>-----Original Message-----
>somebody who has had acess to my computer must have
>changed my admin password, because when i type in the one
>that i set, it doesn't work, i didn't have caps lock on
or
>anything. They have also disabled the installation of any
>software, this includes printer and scanner drivers. Any
>help on how i could re-enable the installation of
software
>or preferrebly find out what they have changed the admin
>password too would be MOST appreciated.
>
>Cheers,
>John
>.
>
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