[Techtalk] Windows XP admin mode?

[James Sutherland]

Boot it with this tiny Linux boot-CD, which has a tool for resetting passwords and can give Admin access too. There probably is an admin user, but it may be disabled or hidden; ntpasswd can fix that too.

http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/

James.

On 20 Jun 2013, at 03:06, Billie Walsh <bilwalsh at swbell.net> wrote:

> Not my usual cup of tea but.....
> 
> My other half ought a little HP XP Media Center desktop at the auction last Friday for 17.50. She wanted the XP Media Center software. It has three "users" and Guest. None seem to have administrative access. In the log in screen there is no administrator login.
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> Does anyone have any idea how we can get administrative access?
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