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Old 26 March 2003, 05:04 PM
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I have just recieved a PC back from the police that was stolen from work.

It has had XP Pro put onto it, and there is just one local user account showing.. "Darren"

How can i get into it?? I want to have a look what he's been up to

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Old 26 March 2003, 05:59 PM
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The Administrators account password maybe blank. Try Ctrl-Alt-Del on the login screen twice. Enter Administrator and away you go... maybe...

Else you have to reset the password.

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Old 26 March 2003, 06:15 PM
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Boot up using ERD Commander CD

This has a utility called Locksmith which resets the Admin ID
Old 26 March 2003, 06:17 PM
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Can recommend ERD Commander CD
Old 26 March 2003, 10:21 PM
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Take the hard disk out, put it in another XP machine on a spare IDE connector, turn on it should then be available.

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Old 26 March 2003, 11:33 PM
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Will try tomorrow.. the admin password is not blank unfortunately.

I'm pretty sure the idiot will have his full name stored somehwere on the pC, so i'm just being nosey
Old 27 March 2003, 12:44 PM
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where can i get a copy of the erd proggy ??

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Old 27 March 2003, 01:01 PM
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Avi

If you've got broadband I think it's still available on ShareReactor.com using E-Donkey etc

It's a dream for NT and 2000 machines when they blue screen

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Old 27 March 2003, 04:29 PM
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