I just received a new tower [Compaq presario] with XP. There is Erica's name
and it wants me to put in a password. I am not Erica and don't know her
password. What can I do to gain access to the computer and the XP software?

Ask Erica - after all, it appears to be her computer.

"Mikey" <Mikey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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