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I'd wipe the disk. There's probably nothing on it you can't install
yourself. A clean fresh windows always runs faster than a used one.
And besides he might have virii on it.
If it has FAT instead of NTFS you can always boot with an oldschool
MS-DOS and peek at the HD though if you like.
> Hi folks, hopefully someone here can point me in the right direction.
> The wife of one of my co-workers was given a laptop that used to belong
> to a fired employee of a now defunct company. Because the guy was
> fired, he refused to give them his password, so now no one can access
> the computer. (Probably why they gave it away.) My co-worker asked if
> I could help get into the computer so they can use it. It's running
> Windows 2000. Other than guessing at the administrator or guest account
> passwords, any other ideas for getting into the box so it can become a
> useful, productive member of society again? If I plug it into my Win2k
> network will that be safe to try? Otherwise, am I correct in assuming
> the next step is reinstalling the OS?
>
> I am not necessarily interested in getting any "secret hacker stuff"
> unless that is the best way to go. I assume my co-worker and his wife
> don't need any data or programs on the hard drive, so wiping the disk is
> an option.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ann Barzda
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