Ok, well my father bought a new computer from his work and brought it home and im trying to get it setup, but the problem is when i turn it on it goes to a "Log On to Windows" screen with a username and password, (windows xp professional) well i dont know the password for it, and it didnt come with any cds to reformat the harddrive or anything like that.. so what should i do to get on this computer?
i have no idea what else to do, there has gotta be a way to reformat it, and i need on it..
Fox/n.
1. wild animal : a carnivorous animal of the dog family that has a sturdy square body, large cubic inches, a wide RPM range , and comes in many colors. Foxes are found throughout most of the world and hunt alone, mainly at night, relying on cunning and an acute sense of power and acceleration. They feed on mostly small rodents like rats(BBC) , mice (SBC) and snakes(Cobras).
It was probably joined to the local domain at that office. If thats the case, and there's no local user on the machine, the only way to get on it is to hook it up in that same office, log in, and create a local user on the machine.
Chris
2016 Chevrolet Volt
2010 Jetta TDi Cup Edition
1964 Lincoln Continental
And 5 other things that don't run
boot it with a windows xp disc if you have one avaliable and just format the hard drive (if you dont care to erase what is on it) and reinstall windows
2013 Mustang GT
1987 Mustang GT
1999 Contour SVT
if you want at work on monday i could grab you win xp cd and key
If you can wait a few days you can try this out. I bought a PC at a yard sale awhile back and didn't know the password(s) either. Within 3 days they sent me an email back containing the administrator and local passwords.
http://www.loginrecovery.com/
Google for and download OPHcrack. You'll burn it to a CD.
Insert the CD into the workstation, turn the workstation on, let it boot up, watch it crack all of the local account passwords and display them on the screen for you. Login using the administrator password.
2005 Mustang GT
11.2 @ 123
I'd probably just start with a clean slate and reformat.
NTFS boot disks are your friend or you can use BartPE.
If this is the case XP caches the last user profile. If this was your dad's account then he can logon with his work account/password. Just select his work domain.It was probably joined to the local domain at that office. If thats the case, and there's no local user on the machine, the only way to get on it is to hook it up in that same office, log in, and create a local user on the machine.
Last edited by RUTHLESS; 04-30-2008 at 09:41 PM.
Stock 03 Cobra Vroom Vroom!!
Proudly supports Street Lethal Performance and Rodeheaver's Hotrod Shop
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote
Bookmarks