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Administrative Account Password?

Posted: 04-23-2007, 03:00 AM
Michael
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oK, well, I have a eMachine Vista powered computer, real tidy and everything,
but, the problem is, two programs I've installed, PC Accelerator 2007, and
another program, I forgot, this other installed a Z:/ harddrive thingy, and,
numerous times I've un-installed, and rebooted my computer, I came back and
found them still there, well anyway, I've decided to reset my computer to
factory settings, but the thing is, with Vista, they've removed those
privilages, and I was never provided a password for the real Administrator
account that can do anything, without this, I can't reset, someone please help
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Re: Administrative Account Password?
Posted: 04-23-2007, 03:27 AM
Michael wrote:
> oK, well, I have a eMachine Vista powered computer, real tidy and everything,
> but, the problem is, two programs I've installed, PC Accelerator 2007, and
> another program, I forgot, this other installed a Z:/ harddrive thingy, and,
> numerous times I've un-installed, and rebooted my computer, I came back and
> found them still there, well anyway, I've decided to reset my computer to
> factory settings, but the thing is, with Vista, they've removed those
> privilages, and I was never provided a password for the real Administrator
> account that can do anything, without this, I can't reset, someone please help

Unless you set the password for the built-in Administrator account,
there isn't one. The default is for it to be blank.


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