[A. Toczko]

I just bought a second-hand pc, with winxp pro on it, and it requires a
username and password (I assume) to log on. It first asks me to press
control/alt/del, which I do, then I change it to log on to 'this computer',
instead of the network it use to be part of. Is there a trick to get to
windows? Thanks.

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You need to perform a "clean install" of Windows XP.

Clean Install Windows XP
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/windowsxp/choose.mspx

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"A. Toczko" wrote:

| I just bought a second-hand pc, with winxp pro on it, and it requires a
| username and password (I assume) to log on. It first asks me to press
| control/alt/del, which I do, then I change it to log on to 'this computer',
| instead of the network it use to be part of. Is there a trick to get to
| windows? Thanks.

"A. Toczko" <sandpipr@nbnet.nb.ca> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> I just bought a second-hand pc, with winxp pro on it, and it requires a
> username and password (I assume) to log on. It first asks me to press
> control/alt/del, which I do, then I change it to log on to 'this
computer',
> instead of the network it use to be part of. Is there a trick to get to
> windows? Thanks.
>
>