Help With Computer Problems!! Administrator Password..

[Suppaman]

Um hey guys, i just had a problem where my computer wouldn't start up windows because i was missing a file called "HAL.DLL". In order to fix it with my Windows XP installation CD i required my administrator password. Problem is, I forgot it. Somehow, the computer managed to fix itself and began to run Windows XP after i took the CD out. I'm worried that i might not be out of the woods yet, so i was hoping someone can provide a guide that will allow me to change my password while in XP.

[Skitsefrenik]

start > control panel > user accounts > change password

[XemnasXD]

start > control panel > user accounts > change password

IT'LL NEVER WORK...HE'S A MADMAN I TELL YOU A MADMAN!!!!

[Suppaman]

Ok guys i have a new problem.. It turns out that i had a trojan virus on my computer. After removing the Trojan i find out that i can no longer connect to the internet. MSN Messenger said it couldn't connect because it said i had an invalid IP address. I tried system restoring but that doesn't work. I think someone has stolen my IP address and i was hoping someone can tell me a way to recover it.

[CrimsonNuker]

Reformatting your computer fixes everything!

[Lacrosse]

Reformatting your computer fixes everything!

+1 but its a bitch if you have a lot of crap in your HD

[Suppaman]

I should have known better than to post this here. Can an admin lock this thread?

[Cruor]

Go here for your password troubles.

As for your Internet troubles, I need more details. You can't have your IP address stolen. I'll need a bit more information on your network config.

Try opening a command prompt and entering in

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ipconfig /all >> desktop/ipconfig.txt

Then post back here with the contents of that file.