Removing Windows 200 Professional..Can you?

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Fudge

Hello all,
I am looking for some insight. I just received a really
nice Compaq Computer. It was used. It is operating
windows 2000 pro. and it is very limited in what I can do
on it due to passwords and it being networked and such.
It is really nice but I am wondering if I can remove this
app. and just put on regular windows me? If so how? Thanks
~Fudge
 
To wipe the drive, some ways include; boot a win98/ME startup disk, run
fdisk and delete all partition information found (as long as NTFS is
primary). Or boot the Windows 2000 CD-Rom or setup disks and when you get to
the point, delete the existing NTFS and or other partitions found, then
abort the install. Or use a utility named delpart. Once removed you can boot
the Win98/ME CD-Rom or restore CD-Rom to start your install. Make sure you
have win9x device drivers available before hand.

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/reskit/nt31/i386/reskit.exe

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
Microsoft Certified Professional [Windows 2000]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect


:
| Hello all,
| I am looking for some insight. I just received a really
| nice Compaq Computer. It was used. It is operating
| windows 2000 pro. and it is very limited in what I can do
| on it due to passwords and it being networked and such.
| It is really nice but I am wondering if I can remove this
| app. and just put on regular windows me? If so how? Thanks
| ~Fudge
 
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