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administrater password

Jul 22, 2007 10:57PM PDT

Just got this computer with Vista. When I try to get to the games included with the software or to tech support it asks me for an administrater password but every password I try to use doesn't work. How do I find a password that works?thank you

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What software, games, and tech support are you needing the
Jul 22, 2007 11:52PM PDT

P/W for?

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In addition...
Jul 23, 2007 1:13AM PDT

* Are you using an administrative account or a 'standard' one?
* Were parental controls activated on the OS?
* Have you tried disabling UAC in User Accounts through the Control Panel?

Fill in the details and we'll see what we can do.

John