(And of course, the obligatory caveat: I’m no lawyer this is just my personal understanding of the landscape.) I also have to point out that taking that copy of Windows as your own may actually be illegal. The machine could be thoroughly infected with viruses and spyware.Īnd even with all the anti-malware tools in the world, there’s simply no way to know – I mean really know – if you’ve successfully cleared it of all infections. It could also have lots and lots of malware. Here’s the problem: you have no idea what’s on that machine. Having said that, I strongly advise you not do so. This article will walk you through the steps to reset the administrator account password and gain access to the entire Windows installation: I’ve lost the password to my Windows Administrator account, how do I get it back? To answer your immediate question: I can’t get you the password, but you can probably set your own. It’s asking you for a log-in password, and of course you don’t know what that is. The machine has some version of Microsoft Windows already installed on it, presumably belonging to the previous owner. ![]() To clarify the scenario a little, you’ve just picked up a previously owned computer. ![]() ![]() You probably have a very useful machine, even if you can’t log in to it right away. Then I’ll tell you why you really don’t want to do what I suspect you’re planning to do. I’ll show you how you can bypass that on most computers and set your own – it’s really not that hard. I’m going to assume that by “main password” you mean the Windows log-in password.
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