Re: How do I bypass the admin login



Fed up wrote:
I have xp-pro on my desktop, and after installing Defender, I found
that it destroyed my ability to use my Office Suite. It kept telling
me I needed an admin login or that I wasn't allowed to use the
program. After trying unsuccessfully to get Office restored, I
decided to uninstall Defender. Now I can't even get into the
computer. It boots, but brings me to a login screen that requires an
administrators password. Nothing I have tried works to get me past
this screen. While I know the people at Microsoft have lots of
justifications and rationalizations for this and will probably tell
me it is my fault, the bottom line is that before Defender, I had a
computer that worked well. After Defender, I have a computer that
doesn't work and so far it has cost me over $5,000 in lost work and
having to buy a new computer. However I still have files on the old
computer that I need for work. How do I get past the admin login
screen to get to my files. I can't afford any more of Microsoft's
free programs.

You could, of course, take the HDD out of the old computer and place it it
an external enclosure if you had one or wised to purchase one or place the
old hard drive as a slave or on a seperate bus in the new computer and then
just copy the required files over to the new machine.

You may need to take ownership of the files/folders.

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421

Once you have ascertained the you have all the files you could then just
nuke the old machine and reinstall every thing.


.