purchased pawn shop computer, cannot bypass previously set users.

The protective measures of an average user normally include only a password, firewall and AV with default settings. If you have access to a normal average user's Windows account, you can pretty much destroy him / her with the available data.

Even the authorities in any civilized country need a court order to access all that information what is there freely available once access to Windows user account is granted.

Thorsen, a personal side note: I have great respect for you and your expertise, for me you are a highly valuated source of information and knowledge. My post was in no way meant to be personally against you or anyone else. I simply stated my subjective personal opinion.

Kari

Kari, I agree. BZ

Rich

Kari said:

Thorsen, a personal side note: I have great respect for you and your expertise, for me you are a highly valuated source of information and knowledge. My post was in no way meant to be personally against you or anyone else. I simply stated my subjective personal opinion.

Kari

Thank you I don't know what to say. and I wasn't taking it personally towards me and I agree with you fully

Kari said:

The protective measures of an average user normally include only a password, firewall and AV with default settings. If you have access to a normal average user's Windows account, you can pretty much destroy him / her with the available data.

Even the authorities in any civilized country need a court order to access all that information what is there freely available once access to Windows user account is granted.

Thorsen, a personal side note: I have great respect for you and your expertise, for me you are a highly valuated source of information and knowledge. My post was in no way meant to be personally against you or anyone else. I simply stated my subjective personal opinion.

Kari

If you were refering to me the "yes I know how to do it" was a clean install. I personally didn't think that we should even have mentioned THAT much to tell you the truth. I think thats a stolen computer myself and did not want to give even a hint on how to access it. When a few years ago I had to pawn MY computer I had to give them the password AND prove that it worked. If he didn't get that from the shop, to ME that means s stolen.

indianacarnie said:

If you were refering to me

No, I was really referring to no one. Really, I told my opinion. Nothing else.

That I have a very strong opinion in this case is obvious. But read my posts elsewhere on Seven Forums and you'll find me repeatedly stating that this is a free world and everybody has right to an opinion. Even when it's contradicting mine .

For the last time: My opinions are just that, opinions. They are not always based solely on facts but quite often also on my personal likes and dislikes and my personal moral and ethical values. That makes them subjective.

As such, subjective personal opinions, they should never be taken and they are never meant to be taken personally.

indianacarnie said:

Kari said:

The protective measures of an average user normally include only a password, firewall and AV with default settings. If you have access to a normal average user's Windows account, you can pretty much destroy him / her with the available data.

Even the authorities in any civilized country need a court order to access all that information what is there freely available once access to Windows user account is granted.

Thorsen, a personal side note: I have great respect for you and your expertise, for me you are a highly valuated source of information and knowledge. My post was in no way meant to be personally against you or anyone else. I simply stated my subjective personal opinion.

Kari

If you were refering to me the "yes I know how to do it" was a clean install. I personally didn't think that we should even have mentioned THAT much to tell you the truth. I think thats a stolen computer myself and did not want to give even a hint on how to access it. When a few years ago I had to pawn MY computer I had to give them the password AND prove that it worked. If he didn't get that from the shop, to ME that means s stolen.

Well just depends on where he got it from i'm not one to be digging around pawn shops but the one's i have seen look like they barley care about the stuff it is so stacked up

Stolen or not we just have to give advice that was suggested i have gotten my hands on many laptops from schools and other places that even the owner couldn't get on it

Laptops are so common now days there a dime a dozen so i could belive it was from the pawn shop but keeping log on info etc is probably not one of there strong points and im sure they have tons of PC's in and out of there because of there quick cash value