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Question: Anyone gotten SP3 for XP yet? Apparently it has been out on Automatic Updates since July but I don't have it which means it's not coming down as a critical update.

Quote: Originally Posted by DJ_Wonderdog It's not bad. It just runs a little slower than I would like. How can I get the admin password or do I even need to find it? Yeah man I dunno know what to tell you. I don't know any ways to recover it off hand and I'm pretty sure the only way I've ever heard of you needed a working cd drive. You shouldn't need it unless you try to do something that requires administrative...

Quote: Originally Posted by Striker Neither? Wait for Windows 7. But if you must, might as well go with 64 as long as you have a 64bit proc. Thanks. I do. It comes with a 7 upgrade(which is 64, anyway) but was trying to keep it uncomplicated.

Quote: Originally Posted by TheSNakE Duh should have checked Google. Who would have known the wires are supposed to be in a certain order?:-) Fixed now. Google is god. Might I suggest instead of having the cable hanging out of the wall with a plug on the end going right to your system that you put in a wall jack? You can go to Home Depot or Lowes, heck just about any hardware store and get a wall plate, jack and backing frame for under $12...

Quote: Originally Posted by Bam-Bam Here is a program to help you. It is a Linux boot disk that you use to boot up your laptop and change the administrator password without needing to know the current password. In the rar file is a image file to make a bootable CD and instructions. I have used this literally hundreds of times successfully. One caveat though. If your user ID has encrypted their files, you will not have access to them unless...

Quote: Originally Posted by strommsarnac Google is god. Might I suggest instead of having the cable hanging out of the wall with a plug on the end going right to your system that you put in a wall jack? You can go to Home Depot or Lowes, heck just about any hardware store and get a wall plate, jack and backing frame for under $12 total. Then you don't ever have to worry about killing the in-wall cable again. And everything will look...

Quote: Originally Posted by Striker My source is newegg.com. Check it out, might find something that works for you. Thanks dude

Quote: Originally Posted by DJ_Wonderdog It's not bad. It just runs a little slower than I would like. How can I get the admin password or do I even need to find it? Which admin password are you talking about? BIOS or Windows. There are some work arounds and ways to crack both and/or reset them but why do you want it? Chances are it is more effort than you want to mess with, especially without a working CD. Do you have another computer...

So im having a problem guys/gals that i cannot for the life of me lick. For some reason my firefox will no longer save my cookies? I sign into DSF and then can reclick the forum button at the top of the screen to take me back to the main page of the forum and then i have to sign in again. It does this with all my sites now. I have unistalled firefox and then reinstalled and still does it? Any ideas...........

Quote: Originally Posted by DJ_Wonderdog Thanks for your help. I'll take a look when I can. Here is a program to help you. It is a Linux boot disk that you use to boot up your laptop and change the administrator password without needing to know the current password. In the rar file is a image file to make a bootable CD and instructions. I have used this literally hundreds of times successfully. One caveat though. If your user ID has...