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hadley_gw

New old laptop

18 years ago

Long story short, someone recently gave my daughter a used Compaq Presario 2100 laptop (Windows XP). When I turned it on, it displayed the former owner's name and a password box. Needless to say, we don't have the password. The person who gave the computer said "it just needs to be rebooted." I don't know if that is true or what she means by it. How do we get this thing operational and ensure there is nothing harmful on/in it (either content or in terms of using on the same Internet connection as our desktop systems)?

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