Re: OT: password etc removal

rebel wrote:
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.
Will investigate that; thanks.
.

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