Pull the primary battery and see. Sometimes, when these old laptops sit too long and drain to 0V, the BMS WILL SELF-BRICK FOR SAFETY. The problem is that this very often disables the ability to boot due to the BIOS not liking the disabled battery if the programming is bad enough the machine doesn't ignore it. If that doesn't help, the Acer motherboards are a little sensitive to CMOS battery voltage; it may be related if it doesn't turn on without the primary battery installed. Sometimes plugging it in without the battery after holding the power button for ~1 minute helps too.
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If neither works, you can pull the hard drive and get the data off that way. This is XP-era hardware, and it's a complete joke to get in without any encryption on the drive like Bitlocker (Spoiler alert: This never happened outside of smart businesses back then). XP is such an insecure mess I have gotten into my dad's XP computer through the hidden admin account to see if it was easy. And what makes it worse is XP stores the user files in the Documents and Settings folder in the user account (which you can dump onto another drive and have nearly restriction-free access; again, M$ didn't lock it down even with the ability to do so given XP uses NTFS!!!). Use that in your favor to dump the data off the drive, especially given the OS was so insecure even with an admin password on the hidden account I casually worked around it in high school and taught the class how to do real security.
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If neither works, you can pull the hard drive and get the data off that way. This is XP-era hardware, and it's a complete joke to get in without any encryption on the drive like Bitlocker (Spoiler alert: This never happened outside of smart businesses back then). XP is such an insecure mess I have gotten into my dad's XP computer through the hidden admin account to see if it was easy. And what makes it worse is XP stores the user files in the Documents and Settings folder in the user account (which you can dump onto another drive and have nearly restriction-free access; again, M$ didn't lock it down even with the ability to do so given XP uses NTFS!!!). Use that in your favor to dump the data off the drive, especially given the OS was so insecure even with an admin password on the hidden account. At one point, I casually worked around it in high school and taught the class how to do real security.
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As far as the netbook... the issue with trying to revive it is these were abysmal new, and haven't gotten better. The Atom chip these all used was lowend, and they were a product of the 2007 GFC (and built accordingly). Unless you need an XP machine around that's small, you can do better (see: old Dell E series computers, mainly the E6X00/10).
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As far as the netbook, the issue with trying to revive it is that these were abysmal new and haven't gotten better. The Atom chip these all used was low-end, and they were a product of the 2007 GFC (and built accordingly). Unless you need a small XP machine around, you can do better (see old Dell E series computers, mainly the E6X00/10).
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None of these issues are in Vista-present. Microsoft learned their lesson after XP SP0 was a security disaster, but they didn't take notes about the admin account being so abuse-friendly until Vista. These are historical issues, and these systems are largely quarantined or deprecated.
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None of these issues are in Vista-present. Microsoft (kind of) learned their lesson after XP SP0 was a security disaster, but they didn't take notes about the admin account being so abuse-friendly until Vista. These are historical issues, and these systems are largely quarantined or deprecated.
Pull the primary battery and see. Sometimes, when these old laptops sit too long and drain to 0V, the BMS WILL SELF-BRICK FOR SAFETY. The problem is that this very often disables the ability to boot due to the BIOS not liking the disabled battery if the programming is bad enough the machine doesn't ignore it. If that doesn't help, the Acer motherboards are a little sensitive to CMOS battery voltage; it may be related if it doesn't turn on without the primary battery installed. Sometimes plugging it in without the battery after holding the power button for ~1 minute helps too.
If neither works, you can pull the hard drive and get the data off that way. This is XP-era hardware, and it's a complete joke to get in without any encryption on the drive like Bitlocker (Spoiler alert: This never happened outside of smart businesses back then). XP is such an insecure mess I have gotten into my dad's XP computer through the hidden admin account to see if it was easy. And what makes it worse is XP stores the user files in the Documents and Settings folder in the user account (which you can dump onto another drive and have nearly restriction-free access; again, M$ didn't lock it down even with the ability to do so given XP uses NTFS!!!). Use that in your favor to dump the data off the drive, especially given the OS was so insecure even with an admin password on the hidden account I casually worked around it in high school and taught the class how to do real security.
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As far as the netbook, The issue with trying to revive it is these were abysmal new, and haven't gotten better. The Atom chip these all used was low end, and they were a product of the 2007 GFC (and built accordingly). Unless you need an XP machine around that's small, you can do better (see: old Dell E series computers, mainly the E6X00/10).
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As far as the netbook... the issue with trying to revive it is these were abysmal new, and haven't gotten better. The Atom chip these all used was low end, and they were a product of the 2007 GFC (and built accordingly). Unless you need an XP machine around that's small, you can do better (see: old Dell E series computers, mainly the E6X00/10).
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None of these issues are in Vista-present. Microsoft learned their lesson after XP SP0 was a security disaster, but they didn't take notes about the admin account being so abuse-friendly until Vista. These are historical issues, and these systems are largely quarantined or deprecated.
Pull the primary battery and see. Sometimes, when these old laptops sit too long and drain to 0V, the BMS WILL SELF-BRICK FOR SAFETY. The problem is that this very often disables the ability to boot due to the BIOS not liking the disabled battery if the programming is bad enough the machine doesn't ignore it. If that doesn't help, the Acer motherboards are a little sensitive to CMOS battery voltage; it may be related if it doesn't turn on without the primary battery installed. Sometimes plugging it in without the battery after holding the power button for ~1 minute helps too.
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If neither works, you can pull the hard drive and get the data off that way. This is XP-era hardware and it's a complete joke to get in without any form of encryption like Bitlocker. It's such a mess I have gotten into my dad's XP computer through the hidden admin account to see if it was easy. XP stores the user files in the Documents and Settings folder in the user account (which you can dump onto another drive and have nearly restriction-free access; again, M$ didn't lock it down even with the ability to do so given XP uses NTFS!!!). XP was a mess, but this works for you now; there was the time I showed a class in high school how to get into WinXP machines like butter casually to give you an idea of how much of a mess XP's security always was. The issue with these netbooks is trying to revive it is largely redundant unless you want an XP machine, given these are bad when new, and didn't age well either.
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If neither works, you can pull the hard drive and get the data off that way. This is XP-era hardware, and it's a complete joke to get in without any encryption on the drive like Bitlocker (Spoiler alert: This never happened outside of smart businesses back then). XP is such an insecure mess I have gotten into my dad's XP computer through the hidden admin account to see if it was easy. And what makes it worse is XP stores the user files in the Documents and Settings folder in the user account (which you can dump onto another drive and have nearly restriction-free access; again, M$ didn't lock it down even with the ability to do so given XP uses NTFS!!!). Use that in your favor to dump the data off the drive, especially given the OS was so insecure even with an admin password on the hidden account I casually worked around it in high school and taught the class how to do real security.
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As far as the netbook, The issue with trying to revive it is these were abysmal new, and haven't gotten better. The Atom chip these all used was low end, and they were a product of the 2007 GFC (and built accordingly). Unless you need an XP machine around that's small, you can do better (see: old Dell E series computers, mainly the E6X00/10).
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None of these issues are in Vista-present. Microsoft learned their lesson after XP SP0 was a security disaster, but they didn't take notes about the admin account being so abuse-friendly until Vista. These are historical issues, and these systems are largely quarantined or deprecated.
Pull the primary battery and see. Sometimes, when these old laptops sit too long and drain to 0V, the BMS WILL SELF-BRICK FOR SAFETY. The problem is that this very often disables the ability to boot due to the BIOS not liking the disabled battery if the programming is bad enough the machine doesn't ignore it. If that doesn't help, the Acer motherboards are a little sensitive to CMOS battery voltage; it may be related if it doesn't turn it. Sometimes plugging it in without the battery after holding the power button for ~1 minute helps too.
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Pull the primary battery and see. Sometimes, when these old laptops sit too long and drain to 0V, the BMS WILL SELF-BRICK FOR SAFETY. The problem is that this very often disables the ability to boot due to the BIOS not liking the disabled battery if the programming is bad enough the machine doesn't ignore it. If that doesn't help, the Acer motherboards are a little sensitive to CMOS battery voltage; it may be related if it doesn't turn on without the primary battery installed. Sometimes plugging it in without the battery after holding the power button for ~1 minute helps too.
If neither works, you can pull the hard drive and get the data off that way. This is XP-era hardware and it's a complete joke to get in without any form of encryption like Bitlocker. It's such a mess I have gotten into my dad's XP computer through the hidden admin account to see if it was easy. XP stores the user files in the Documents and Settings folder in the user account (which you can dump onto another drive and have nearly restriction-free access; again, M$ didn't lock it down even with the ability to do so given XP uses NTFS!!!). XP was a mess, but this works for you now; there was the time I showed a class in high school how to get into WinXP machines like butter casually to give you an idea of how much of a mess XP's security always was. The issue with these netbooks is trying to revive it is largely redundant unless you want an XP machine, given these are bad when new, and didn't age well either.
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None of these issues are in Vista-present. Microsoft learned their lesson after XP SP0 was a security disaster, but they didn't take notes about the admin account being so abuse-friendly until Vista. These are historical issues, and these systems are largely quarantined or deprecated.
Pull the primary battery and see. Sometimes, when these old laptops sit too long and drain to 0V, the BMS WILL SELF-BRICK FOR SAFETY. The problem is that this very often disables the ability to boot. If that doesn't help, the Acer motherboards are a little sensitive to CMOS battery voltage; it may be related if it doesn't turn it. Sometimes plugging it in without the battery after holding the power button for ~1 minute helps too.
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Pull the primary battery and see. Sometimes, when these old laptops sit too long and drain to 0V, the BMS WILL SELF-BRICK FOR SAFETY. The problem is that this very often disables the ability to boot due to the BIOS not liking the disabled battery if the programming is bad enough the machine doesn't ignore it. If that doesn't help, the Acer motherboards are a little sensitive to CMOS battery voltage; it may be related if it doesn't turn it. Sometimes plugging it in without the battery after holding the power button for ~1 minute helps too.
If neither works, you can pull the hard drive and get the data off that way. This is XP-era hardware and it's a complete joke to get in without any form of encryption like Bitlocker. It's such a mess I have gotten into my dad's XP computer through the hidden admin account to see if it was easy. XP stores the user files in the Documents and Settings folder in the user account (which you can dump onto another drive and have nearly restriction-free access; again, M$ didn't lock it down even with the ability to do so given XP uses NTFS!!!). XP was a mess, but this works for you now; there was the time I showed a class in high school how to get into WinXP machines like butter casually to give you an idea of how much of a mess XP's security always was. The issue with these netbooks is trying to revive it is largely redundant unless you want an XP machine, given these are bad when new, and didn't age well either.
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None of these issues are in Vista-present. Microsoft learned their lesson after XP SP0 was a security disaster, but they didn't take notes about the admin account being so abuse-friendly until Vista. These are historical issues, and these systems are largely quarantined or deprecated.
Pull the primary battery and see. Sometimes, when these old laptops sit too long and drain to 0V, the BMS WILL SELF-BRICK FOR SAFETY. The problem is that this very often disables the ability to boot. If that doesn't help, the Acer motherboards are a little sensitive to CMOS battery voltage; it may be related if it doesn't turn it. Sometimes plugging it in without the battery after holding the power button for ~1 minute helps too.
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If neither works, you can pull the hard drive and get the data off that way. This is XP-era hardware and it's a complete joke to get in without any form of encryption like Bitlocker. It's such a mess I have gotten into my dad's XP computer through the hidden admin account to see if it was easy. XP stores the user files in the Documents and Settings folder in the user account (which you can dump onto another drive and have nearly restriction-free access; again, M$ didn't lock it down even with the ability to do so given XP uses NTFS!!!). XP was a mess, but this works for you now; there was the time I showed a class in high school how to get into WinXP machines like butter casually to give you an idea of how much of a walking mess XP's system security was. The issue with these is trying to revive it is largely redundant unless you want an XP machine, given these are bad when new, and didn't age well either.
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If neither works, you can pull the hard drive and get the data off that way. This is XP-era hardware and it's a complete joke to get in without any form of encryption like Bitlocker. It's such a mess I have gotten into my dad's XP computer through the hidden admin account to see if it was easy. XP stores the user files in the Documents and Settings folder in the user account (which you can dump onto another drive and have nearly restriction-free access; again, M$ didn't lock it down even with the ability to do so given XP uses NTFS!!!). XP was a mess, but this works for you now; there was the time I showed a class in high school how to get into WinXP machines like butter casually to give you an idea of how much of a mess XP's security always was. The issue with these netbooks is trying to revive it is largely redundant unless you want an XP machine, given these are bad when new, and didn't age well either.
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None of these issues are in Vista-present. Microsoft learned their lesson after XP SP0 was a security disaster, but they didn't take notes about the admin account being so abuse-friendly until Vista. These are historical issues, and these systems are largely quarantined or deprecated.
Pull the primary battery and see. Sometimes, when these old laptops sit too long and drain to 0V, the BMS WILL SELF-BRICK FOR SAFETY. The problem is that this very often disables the ability to boot. If that doesn't help, the Acer motherboards are a little sensitive to CMOS battery voltage; it may be related if it doesn't turn it. Sometimes plugging it in without the battery after holding the power button for ~1 minute helps too.
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If neither works, you can pull the hard drive and get the data off that way. This is XP-era hardware (and XP is a security joke unless Bitlocker is enabled... Don't ask how I know... I broke into my dad's XP computer through the hidden admin account to see if it was easy. XP stores the user files in the Documents and Settings folder in the user account (which you can dump onto another drive and have nearly restriction-free access; again, M$ didn't lock it down even with the ability to do so given XP uses NTFS!!!). XP was a mess, but this works for you now; there was the time I showed a class in high school how to get into WinXP machines like Butter casually to give you an idea of how much of a walking mess XP's system security was. The issue with these is trying to revive it is largely redundant unless you want an XP machine, given these are bad when new, and didn't age well either.
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If neither works, you can pull the hard drive and get the data off that way. This is XP-era hardware and it's a complete joke to get in without any form of encryption like Bitlocker. It's such a mess I have gotten into my dad's XP computer through the hidden admin account to see if it was easy. XP stores the user files in the Documents and Settings folder in the user account (which you can dump onto another drive and have nearly restriction-free access; again, M$ didn't lock it down even with the ability to do so given XP uses NTFS!!!). XP was a mess, but this works for you now; there was the time I showed a class in high school how to get into WinXP machines like butter casually to give you an idea of how much of a walking mess XP's system security was. The issue with these is trying to revive it is largely redundant unless you want an XP machine, given these are bad when new, and didn't age well either.
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None of these issues are in Vista-present. Microsoft learned their lesson after XP SP0 was a security disaster, but they didn't take notes about the admin account being so abuse-friendly until Vista. These are historical issues, and these systems are largely quarantined or deprecated.
Pull the primary battery and see. Sometimes, with these old laptops, when they sit too long and drain to 0V, the BMS WILL SELFBRICK FOR SAFETY. The problem is that this very often disables the ability to boot. If that doesn't help, the Acer motherboards are a little sensitive to CMOS battery voltage; it may be related if it doesn't turn it. Sometimes plugging it in without the battery after holding the power button for ~1 minute helps too.
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Pull the primary battery and see. Sometimes, when these old laptops sit too long and drain to 0V, the BMS WILL SELF-BRICK FOR SAFETY. The problem is that this very often disables the ability to boot. If that doesn't help, the Acer motherboards are a little sensitive to CMOS battery voltage; it may be related if it doesn't turn it. Sometimes plugging it in without the battery after holding the power button for ~1 minute helps too.
If neither works, you can pull the hard drive and get the data off that way. This is XP-era hardware (and XP is a security joke unless Bitlocker is enabled... Don't ask how I know... I broke into my dad's XP computer through the hidden admin account to see if it was easy. XP stores the user files in the Documents and Settings folder in the user account (which you can dump onto another drive and have nearly restriction-free access; again, M$ didn't lock it down even with the ability to do so given XP uses NTFS!!!). XP was a mess, but this works for you now; there was the time I showed a class in high school how to get into WinXP machines like Butter casually to give you an idea of how much of a walking mess XP's system security was. The issue with these is trying to revive it is largely redundant unless you want an XP machine, given these are bad when new, and didn't age well either.
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None of these issues are in Vista-present. Microsoft learned their lesson after XP SP0 was a security disaster, but they didn't take notes about the admin account being so abuse-friendly until Vista. These are historical issues, and these systems are largely quarantined or deprecated.
Pull the primary battery and see. Sometimes, with these old laptops, when they sit too long and drain to 0V, the BMS WILL SELF BRICK FOR SAFETY. The problem is that this very often disables the ability to boot. If that doesn't help, the Acer motherboards are a little sensitive to CMOS battery voltage; it may be related if it doesn't turn it.
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Pull the primary battery and see. Sometimes, with these old laptops, when they sit too long and drain to 0V, the BMS WILL SELF BRICK FOR SAFETY. The problem is that this very often disables the ability to boot. If that doesn't help, the Acer motherboards are a little sensitive to CMOS battery voltage; it may be related if it doesn't turn it. Sometimes plugging it in without the battery after holding the power button for ~1 minute helps too.
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If neither works, you can pull the hard drive and get the data off that way. This is XP-era hardware (and XP is a security joke unless Bitlocker is enabled... Don't ask how I know... It's because I broke into my dad's XP computer through the hidden admin account, XP left open and have dumped the Documents and settings folder in the user account, and it's all right there as well as the time I showed a class in high school how to get into WinXP machines like butter casually). The issue with these is trying to revive it is largely redundant unless you want an XP machine, given these are bad when new, and didn't age well either.
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If neither works, you can pull the hard drive and get the data off that way. This is XP-era hardware (and XP is a security joke unless Bitlocker is enabled... Don't ask how I know... I broke into my dad's XP computer through the hidden admin account to see if it was easy. XP stores the user files in the Documents and Settings folder in the user account (which you can dump onto another drive and have nearly restriction-free access; again, M$ didn't lock it down even with the ability to do so given XP uses NTFS!!!). XP was a mess, but this works for you now; there was the time I showed a class in high school how to get into WinXP machines like Butter casually to give you an idea of how much of a walking mess XP's system security was. The issue with these is trying to revive it is largely redundant unless you want an XP machine, given these are bad when new, and didn't age well either.
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None of these issues are in Vista-present. Microsoft learned their lesson after XP SP0 was a security disaster, but they didn't take notes about the admin account being so abuse-friendly until Vista. These are historical issues, and these systems are largely quarantined or deprecated.
Pull the primary battery and see. Sometimes, with these old laptops, when they sit too long and drain to 0V, the BMS WILL SELF BRICK FOR SAFETY. The problem is that this very often disables the ability to boot. If that doesn't help, the Acer motherboards are a little sensitive to CMOS battery voltage; it may be related if it doesn't turn it.
If neither works, you can pull the hard drive and get the data off that way. This is XP-era hardware (and XP is a security joke unless Bitlocker is enabled... Don't ask how I know... It's because I broke into my dad's XP computer through the hidden admin account, XP left open and have dumped the Documents and settings folder in the user account, and it's all right there as well as the time I showed a class in high school how to get into WinXP machines like butter casually). The issue with these is trying to revive it is largely redundant unless you want an XP machine, given these are bad when new, and didn't age well either.
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None of these issues are in Vista-present. Microsoft learned their lesson after XP SP0 was a security disaster, but they didn't take notes about the admin account being so abuse-friendly until Vista. These are historical issues, and these systems are largely quarantined or deprecated.
Pull the primary battery and see. Sometimes, with these old laptops, when they sit too long and it drains to 0V, the BMS bricks itself for safety reasons. The problem is this very often takes out the ability for it to boot in some cases. If that doesn't help, the Acer motherboards are a little sensitive to CMOS battery voltage; it may be related if it doesn't turn it.
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Pull the primary battery and see. Sometimes, with these old laptops, when they sit too long and drain to 0V, the BMS WILL SELF BRICK FOR SAFETY. The problem is that this very often disables the ability to boot. If that doesn't help, the Acer motherboards are a little sensitive to CMOS battery voltage; it may be related if it doesn't turn it.
If neither works, you can pull the hard drive and get the data off that way. This is XP-era hardware (and XP is a security joke unless Bitlocker is enabled... Don't ask how I know... It's because I broke into my dad's XP computer through the hidden admin account, XP left open and have dumped the Documents and settings folder in the user account, and it's all right there as well as the time I showed a class in high school how to get into WinXP machines like butter casually). The issue with these is trying to revive it is largely redundant unless you want an XP machine, given these are bad when new, and didn't age well either.
Pull the primary battery and see. Sometimes with these old laptops when they sit too long, the BMS bricks itself for safety reasons. The problem is this very often takes out the ability for it to boot in some cases. If that doesn't help, the Acer motherboards are a little sensitive to CMOS battery voltage; it may be related if it doesn't turn it.
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Pull the primary battery and see. Sometimes, with these old laptops, when they sit too long and it drains to 0V, the BMS bricks itself for safety reasons. The problem is this very often takes out the ability for it to boot in some cases. If that doesn't help, the Acer motherboards are a little sensitive to CMOS battery voltage; it may be related if it doesn't turn it.
If neither works, you can pull the hard drive and get the data off that way. This is XP-era hardware (and XP is a security joke unless Bitlocker is enabled... Don't ask how I know... It's because I broke into my dad's XP computer through the hidden admin account, XP left open and have dumped the Documents and settings folder in the user account, and it's all right there as well as the time I showed a class in high school how to get into WinXP machines like butter casually). The issue with these is trying to revive it is largely redundant unless you want an XP machine, given these are bad when new, and didn't age well either.
Pull the primary battery and see. Sometimes with these old laptops when they sit too long, the BMS bricks itself for safety reasons. The problem is this very often takes out the ability for it to boot in some cases. If that doesn't help, the Acer motherboards are a little sensitive to CMOS battery voltage; it may be related if it doesn't turn it.
If neither works, you can pull the hard drive and get the data off that way. This is XP-era hardware (and XP is a security joke unless Bitlocker is enabled... Don't ask how I know... It's because I broke into my dad's XP computer through the hidden admin account, XP left open and have dumped the Documents and settings folder in the user account, and it's all right there as well as the time I showed a class in high school how to get into WinXP machines like butter casually). The issue with these is trying to revive it is largely redundant unless you want an XP machine, given these are bad when new, and didn't age well either.