Trying to help out my parents, few years ago they purchased a ex govt computer that has Windows 2000 NT Professional on it and when they received it the operating system was still loaded on it no programs of course but weren't advised any passwords to load software onto it...
Problem we have is that they recently purchased a belkin router and usb key so the usb key could be loaded on that computer and then my daughter could access the web from that computer instead of their laptop but it isn't or doesn't seem to be compatiable with that software.. It will load on alright but won't run...
So thought the best idea would be to install their windows XP or Vista on there but it won't allow me to because I do not know the administrator's password... She has had someone look at it before in another state so we may have to contact him as he was able to load stuff on it for her in the past but otherwise I was wondering whether anybody would know if it is a generic password they use or is there a way of scraping the old operating system so I can then load XP or Vista???? Any advise would be gratefully appreciated.. Thanks
