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**Ken Blake, MVP** · December 11th 07, 12:27 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers

On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:37:00 -0800, Dwayne Bowen Dwayne
wrote:

I just bought a used HP from Ebay for my son and it requires a password to
log onto Windows which I do not know and it wasn't included with the
computer. The seller doesn't have it either. What is the easiest way to solve
this problem? Thanks.

In my view, you should consider yourself lucky.

If I bought a used computer, the first thing I would do with it would
be to reinstall the operating system cleanly. You have no idea how the
computer has been maintained, what has been installed incorrectly,
what is missing, what viruses and spyware there may be, etc. I
wouldn't want to live with somebody else's mistakes and problems,
possibility of kiddie porn, etc., and I wouldn't recommend that anyone
else do either.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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