Re: OT: password etc removal

On Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:30:56 -0800, Robert Baer <robertbaer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Robert Baer wrote:

Have a friend with an E-Machine preinstalled WinME.
Problem #1: name is presented and password requested; how to remove PW
and alter username at meinimum?
BTW, do not know PW, i just click on "cancel" and i am in the system.
Problem #2: MSN installed; how do i remove all instances of username
and password?
Problem #3: OE installed; how do i remove all instances of username
and password?

Icing on cake: Once all personal junk is "deleted" (even from the
"recycle bin"), is there a better way to remove the dregs than a mere
defrag?
Well, got it done.
BUT..
After running Scandisk sucessfully, Defrag stops around 5% of the way
with a window saying that scandisk needs to be run.
How can this be fixed?

For 98 at least, there is a MSKB article dealing with recalcitrant scandisk.
The first step is to delete the C:\windows\applog folder and all its contents.

Whether ME has any similarity I wouldn't know, I consider it to be a huge step
backwards from 98SE in most regards.
.

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