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I'm hoping I can get some help here.

I recently bought a T30 thinkpad off ebay. Cavet empor! Was sold to me 'as is' in working condition.

Well it's in working condition, but I can't access anything as it's locked in a network login.

It'll start up, go through post, right into the windows login screen - where it asks me to hit ctrl alt del and then enter my user name and password and domain name.

I've tried going into bios to set the computer to start off the dvd rom drive and put my xp disk in to try to do a clean install, but it continually goes into the login screen.

Please help. The guy who sold this laptop to me is no help at all, and I need to get access to this laptop.

Thanks!

there isn't a key you can hit while booting tht brings up a boot menu ? (F2) or (F12) if I remember correctly.

Try loggin in as the administrator and change the domain to PCNAME (This PC) and leave the admin password blank and see if that works..

administrator worked!

thanks!!!

NP! Glad it worked for ya!

Originally posted by mmemerlot
administrator worked!

thanks!!!

what the heck kind of administrator would leave the password blank ?

glad you got it though.