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Badger replied

29 July 2009, 19:32
Nothing to get excited about. The Order and Tropic Thunder
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TroubleAtMill replied

29 July 2009, 19:27
What kind of movies?
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Badger replied

29 July 2009, 14:47
Haha no webcam.

Only a few movies, and a rather amusing msn conversation
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DaveB replied

29 July 2009, 14:06
Originally posted by RichardCranium View Post

No, don't.

There's that teensy chance the web cam is a spy cam and you are being watched and every keystroke logged...

Masking tape over the cam and write the details down by hand
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RichardCranium replied

29 July 2009, 13:40
Originally posted by DaveB View Post

Great, no grab all his bank details and logins before you trash it!

No, don't.

There's that teensy chance the web cam is a spy cam and you are being watched and every keystroke logged...

IT Consultant Steals Personal Data from PC sold on eBay
Trading Standards are "Appalled"
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Pondlife replied

29 July 2009, 13:33
Originally posted by DaveB View Post

Great, no grab all his bank details and logins before you trash it!

They're all on a post-it sellotaped to the bottom.

HTH
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DaveB replied

29 July 2009, 12:53
Originally posted by Badger View Post

Update: I'm in... His password hint is his password

Great, no grab all his bank details and logins before you trash it!
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KevinS replied

29 July 2009, 12:51
Originally posted by Badger View Post

Update: I'm in... His password hint is his password
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Badger replied

29 July 2009, 12:49
Update: I'm in... His password hint is his password
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chef replied

29 July 2009, 12:46
sounds like it was stolen and the "seller" realised they couldnt login as they lacked the IT knowledge
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Badger replied

29 July 2009, 12:17
Nope, can't use the recovery option, as it asks for the administrator password which is disabled!

I'll reinstall, found the DVD under all the bubble wrap.

Thanks for the replies.
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Clippy replied

29 July 2009, 12:12
Originally posted by VectraMan View Post

I assume you don't have a CD?

If it was me, I'd want to completely wipe and reinstall a second hand computer anyway.

Ditto.
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DaveB replied

29 July 2009, 12:11
Originally posted by VectraMan View Post

I assume you don't have a CD?

If it was me, I'd want to completely wipe and reinstall a second hand computer anyway.

If he can use the recovery partition that is what will happen. It reformats the OS partition and reinstalls from scratch. Equivalent to flattening it and installing from CD.
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VectraMan replied

29 July 2009, 12:09
I assume you don't have a CD?

If it was me, I'd want to completely wipe and reinstall a second hand computer anyway.
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DaveB replied

29 July 2009, 12:04
Originally posted by Badger View Post

Thanks KevinS for the quick reply.

Stupid question, it does have the Recovery drive but how do I boot from that?

Cheers

IIRC F11 during the boot sequence, before it gots to the windows startup screen, should do it.
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