I just got a computer from ebay and it came with Win7. I boot it and it doesn't have any password. Once in I go to Manage Accounts, Change an Account, Create Password for the Admin and put in a password in the "Confirm new password" field (odd that). Then I click "Create password" . . . and it goes forever, thrashing the disk, finally saying "Not Responding." What's wrong? What should I have done?
First off, passwords are useless and not needed, anyone can hack into a computer with a password.
With that said, you should clean install windows.
Do you have a COA with a readable Windows 7 activation code?
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OMG, do you want Windows 10 ??
Have you ever even used/tried it ? You may hate it.
The suggestion I gave you in reply #2 is the best thing you can do, trust me :)
Was this a brand new PC, or was it someone elses`s nightmare ?
And why did you think it was odd when it asked you to confirm the new password ? That is totally normal.
But as I`ve stated passwords are absolutely useless.
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