Re: New PC, Already has ADMIN acct.

["fred-bloggs" <fred-bloggs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Fred" <fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> Could anyone please tell me how, after buying a second hand PC, i can
> get rid of the passworded Admin logon that is already there. Or do I
> have to re-install XP, i'd rather not do the latter, but if ya can
> tell me how to delete the current Admin logon, and NOT lose all the
> files and folders that go with it.
> THANKS -
>  winXP PRO, compaq , 10gig,128 ram
> 

Maybe this will do what you want?
How to Disable the Local Administrator Account on Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=281140

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fred