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Minimum Software Suggested for New PC

XP Home / XP MediaCentre Edition MS Office [minimum MS Word, EXCEL, Powerpoint] / OpenOffice [Free alternative to MS OFFICE] Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Thunderbird Filezilla for FTP File Transfers MSN Messenger / AOL Messenger/ ICQ / GoogleTalk / Yahoo Messenger [recommended/popular] Nero / Easy CD / DeepBurner/ Clone CD DVD Shrink Windows Mediaplayer 10 WinDVD7.0, RealPlayer, Quicktime IRFanView Power Desk* Zone Alarm [not required if XP SP2 installed and Firewall turned-on] AVG [best freeware alternative, light on system]/ Avast - Antivirus Adobe Acrobat Adobe Elements / Picassa Latest Java Version Utilities such as Aida, Keyfinders for Product Key recovery*** PS: Additions are Welcome :)

Password Recovery technique in windows XP

There are several ways you can recover password under Windows XP. Here is one of them that helps to completely wipe out your Windows password; 1. Set the computer to boot from CDROM and let pop in the Windows XP CD into the drive. 2. Keep your eye on the screen messages for booting to your cd Typically, it will be Press any key to boot from cd” 3. Once you get in, the first screen will indicate that Setup is inspecting your system and loading files. 4. When you get to the Welcome to Setup screen, press ENTER to Setup Windows now 5. The Licensing Agreement comes next - Press F8 to accept it. 6. The next screen is the Setup screen which gives you the option to do a Repair.It should read something like “If one of the following Windows XP installations is damaged, Setup can try to repair it” Use the up and down arrow keys to select your XP installation (if you only have one, it should already be selected) and press R to begin the Repair process. 7. Let the Repair run. Setup will now check ...