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Help with computer Windows 2000

  • 10-12-2010 12:34am
    #1
    LETHAL LADY
    Registered Users Posts: 3,145 ✭✭✭


    Got me hands on an old computer trying to be frugal and all in a car boot sale. Paid 50 yo yos start up grand Windows 2000 version then obviously looking for username and password. Now Im lost. Any tips or was I robbed.;)


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  • #2
    demanufactured
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭demanufactured


    Press CTRL ALT DEL twice

    Then type administrator for name and leave password blank

    you can delete thye old user profile then, ,and create your own one


  • #3
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    Rawr, You paid for a dinosaur.

    You're on Your own, Microsoft stopped supporting Windows 2000 in 2006. It'll not have an ethernet port to get on the internet, besides it'll be too slow for todays web content. It'll not have usb2 that todays devices use. It'll have a hard drive quarter the size of an ipod. No card reader to import Your photo's...............


  • #4
    DERICKOO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 593 ✭✭✭DERICKOO


    Basically you are left with a dead elephant, sorry for you, if you spent €100 maybe xp-pro ask for advise on what to buy your budget.


  • #5
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,624 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/ windows password reset disk

    depends on the spec of the machine, most corporate machines had network cards, and even a 10 Mb card will beat an ADSL connection every day of the week

    how much RAM / how big is the hard drive ?


  • #6
    t0mm13b
    Registered Users Posts: 608 ✭✭✭t0mm13b


    forget about windows 2000 - why not install ubuntu....???


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  • #7
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85,278 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    the only solution for win2k is fire.


  • #8
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    t0mm13b wrote: »
    forget about windows 2000 - why not install ubuntu....???

    Ubuntu needs a minimum of 512MB of ram, they recommend 1GB, doubt this relic has enough ram for the more lightweight Xbuntu (needs 256MB). Its 10 years old ffs.
    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements
    32MB was the minimum, but 64MB was recommended for Windows 2000, which is probably what this has got
    Overheal wrote: »
    the only solution for win2k is fire.

    Exactly


  • #9
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    LETHAL LADY wrote: »
    Got me hands on an old computer trying to be frugal and all in a car boot sale. Paid 50 yo yos start up grand Windows 2000 version then obviously looking for username and password. Now Im lost. Any tips or was I robbed.;)

    Would you know the specifications of the machine? Hard drive size, RAM. You can always install and upgrade your own.
    t0mm13b wrote: »
    forget about windows 2000 - why not install ubuntu....???

    +1 (after you find out if it can take it!).


  • #10
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,624 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    puppylinux


  • #11
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    puppylinux

    D'awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. :D


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