OK, here we go. I guess this isn't such a long story, after all. Basically, I hit the garage sale circuit every weekend, looking for vintage electronics items to resell on Ebay. This helps with a little extra cash for bills. This is the second year in a row that I've hit this guys sale. He works at one of the local research facilities, and sells test equipment that's been cast off, at a low price. I was resistant to contact him for the password. I was afraid that if he got a clue as to the actual value of the stuff he's been selling to me, he'll raise his prices next year. Paranoid? Probably. So far, I've made a 1000% POI in my purchases from his sale, and I'm not done yet. As far as the laptop goes, the fresh install of win XP didn't go as planned, even though I had the keycode pulled using rock XP. So, as I'm typing this, a fresh install of win98SE is being loaded. I still need to buy a fresh battery, wireless network card, and modem, but that's not too bad considering the price I paid. I just wish I'd waited and tried to recover the password. I do like XP. Thanks for all the advice. John Myers Myers TV Service Since 1984 Alliance, OH ph 330-821-6545 ----- Original Message ----- From: "John @ Myers TV" <myers_tv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 3:06 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Windows XP password question > Well, there's a good reason why I don't want to ask the guy for the codes. > It's a longer story than I want to post right now. Trust me when I say, this > is not a hot laptop. I'll post the entire story later on the chat list. > > John > Myers TV > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Doug Keller" <dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 2:50 PM > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Windows XP password question > > > > Call the guy and ask him what it is. > > > > Doug Keller > > Wis-Kel Electronics > > 101 Freeland Ave. > > Terra Alta, WV > > USA 26764 > > dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://www.tech-assist.org > > "Learn from the mistakes of others, because you > > won't live long enough to make them all yourself" > > > > > > > > > > > > John @ Myers TV wrote: > > > > >HA! HA! Very Funny Doug! > > > > > >I'll wipe it, and install 98SE first. > > > > > >John Myers > > >Myers TV Service Since 1984 > > >Alliance, OH > > >ph 330-821-6545 > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Doug Keller" <dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > >To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > >Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 2:05 PM > > >Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Windows XP password question > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>Yeah, spend $300 and you'll get your OWN password! *laughs* > > >> > > >>Doug Keller > > >>Wis-Kel Electronics > > >>101 Freeland Ave. > > >>Terra Alta, WV > > >>USA 26764 > > >>dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >>dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >>http://www.tech-assist.org > > >>"Learn from the mistakes of others, because you > > >>won't live long enough to make them all yourself" > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>John @ Myers TV wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>>Hi, > > >>> > > >>>I picked up a Gateway laptop at a garage sale a couple weeks ago. > > >>>The price? $3.00. I have no doubt that the seller was the original > user, > > >>>just in case anyone is wondering. > > >>> > > >>>It was an easy repair, but now I am faced with forever logging in as a > > >>>guest, unless I can reset the Windows XP Pro password. > > >>> > > >>>Any ideas? > > >>> > > >>>John Myers > > >>>Myers TV Service Since 1984 > > >>>Alliance, OH > > >>>ph 330-821-6545 > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > > >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > >> > > >> > > >-- > > > > > > > > >>>Lost Password: > > >>>http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > > >>>Email Archives: > > >>>//www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > > >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> > > >> > > >--- > > > > > > > > >>Lost Password: > > >>http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > > >>Email Archives: > > >>//www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > >Lost Password: > > >http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > > >Email Archives: > > >//www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > > Lost Password: > > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > > Email Archives: > > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". 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