Thinking about it
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| posted on 4/11/08 at 06:52 PM |
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Windows installation problem
I have a laptop and am unable to install any printer or wireless card because i do not have administration rights on the windows 2000 operating
system. is there any way around it. The info on the laptop was copied to my new one so i do not need the files that are on there. i have windows xp I
would like to install but is not letting me.
Help please
Thanks in advance
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phoenix70
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| posted on 4/11/08 at 06:55 PM |
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if you just want to install XP, just boot off the XP disk. If you not worried about anyything on the hard drive just delete the partiion and install
from scratch
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Thinking about it
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| posted on 4/11/08 at 06:56 PM |
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Do I alter the boot sequence in the bios first
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Thinking about it
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| posted on 4/11/08 at 06:58 PM |
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Delete the partition. How?
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britishtrident
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| posted on 4/11/08 at 07:20 PM |
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There is a utillity out on the internet to reset the Windows 2000 administator password "Offline NT Password & Registry Editor"
It is on the the Ultimate Boot Disk but it also comes on its own bootable CD just down load it burn the ISO to CD using Nero or similar then boot
from it.
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html
Given the choice between Win 2000 and Xp unless you have something that really only works under Xp I would stick withn 2000
[Edited on 4/11/08 by britishtrident]
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phoenix70
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| posted on 4/11/08 at 11:39 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Thinking about it
Delete the partition. How?
Yes you wil have to alter the boot sequence to boot from the CD and as part of the installation it will let you delete the existing partition
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Thinking about it
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| posted on 5/11/08 at 08:07 AM |
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I cant alterthe boot sequence in the bios.
I can enter bios but boot configuration is disabled and i need a password to enable it. Any ideas?
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