deleting programs

Zairs · 2 Dec 2010 at 10:16

I have a year old pc i got from pc world and i wont to delete some of the crap they put on but it says i dont have admin rights. their is only one user and it is set to admin, any ideas

Tute · 2 Dec 2010 at 10:25

What i've found with PCs like that, is that it's best to get a copy of the OS and do a complete reformat, and start with a clean slate.

Just make sure you get the correct copy for your licence key.

Zairs · 2 Dec 2010 at 10:34

thats what i was thinking, does mean forking out for the os

AJK · 2 Dec 2010 at 10:48

Zairs said:
thats what i was thinking, does mean forking out for the os

Did your purchase of the PC not include an OS license...?

Zairs · 2 Dec 2010 at 10:51

probably

bledd · 2 Dec 2010 at 13:06

http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/

Get the Live ISO

XP for XP
Vista for Vista/7

Burn it with imgburn, then boot from cd

It will reveal the password, as long as it's made of..

a-z and or 0-9

SimonC · 2 Dec 2010 at 20:36

bledd. said:
http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/

Get the Live ISO

XP for XP
Vista for Vista/7

Burn it with imgburn, then boot from cd

It will reveal the password, as long as it's made of..

a-z and or 0-9

Eh, wrong thread maybe?

You've got the product key on a sticker, slapped on the case somewhere?

Lakeland · 2 Dec 2010 at 20:39

SimonC said:
Eh, wrong thread maybe?

You've got the product key on a sticker, slapped on the case somewhere?

Sounds like a program that finds the COA number if you've lost your sticker

SPARC · 2 Dec 2010 at 20:40

SimonC said:
Eh, wrong thread maybe?

You've got the product key on a sticker, slapped on the case somewhere?

ophcrack reveals user passwords, not product keys

Zairs · 2 Dec 2010 at 20:42

i'll have a look for one when i get a mo

Zairs · 2 Dec 2010 at 21:27

found it, it was tucked out of sight against the wall. does that mean i can download a copy from microsoft again for free?

SimonC · 2 Dec 2010 at 21:35

Lakeland said:
Sounds like a program that finds the COA number if you've lost your sticker

Think that's magic bean or something like that.

Zairs said:
found it, it was tucked out of sight against the wall. does that mean i can download a copy from microsoft again for free?

I doubt it, you can either find someone who has a retail/oem copy of windows, your probably have to delete/modify the ei.cfg file and burn of a copy, or better yet, i'll send you an email now with some info, dunno if its allowed on the forum.

Makhaira · 2 Dec 2010 at 21:36

You can't download it, however, you can request a disc from them (free of charge exc p&p I believe).

Zairs · 2 Dec 2010 at 21:54

SimonC said:
Think that's magic bean or something like that.

I doubt it, you can either find someone who has a retail/oem copy of windows, your probably have to delete/modify the ei.cfg file and burn of a copy, or better yet, i'll send you an email now with some info, dunno if its allowed on the forum.

thanks
its
[email protected]

SimonC · 2 Dec 2010 at 21:56

Sent about 5 minutes ago pal, to whatever email is in your trust.

Zairs · 3 Dec 2010 at 00:27

thanks, its my other email address

SimonC · 3 Dec 2010 at 09:28

So the one I sent it to is wrong and I have to type it all out again? :rolleyes:

anything I don't mind · 3 Dec 2010 at 09:57

goto computer management in admin tools in control panel, click on users and computers and set the password for the administrator account to something else. You might be able to. Sometimes i have been able to set the password on the admin account. then log in with the admin account and add your other user account to the administrators group.

Zairs · 3 Dec 2010 at 11:35

SimonC said:
So the one I sent it to is wrong and I have to type it all out again?

no, i have access to both but the live one is on my phone.
thanks for the advice, i'll try it over the weekeng

Zairs · 3 Dec 2010 at 11:36

groen said:
goto computer management in admin tools in control panel, click on users and computers and set the password for the administrator account to something else. You might be able to. Sometimes i have been able to set the password on the admin account. then log in with the admin account and add your other user account to the administrators group.

i'm set to admin but it still wont delete them