[funnyman273]

It's a dell dimension 4600 it's been in a box for a while but I now need the additional computer.

I forgot my administrator account password. I only have access to a secondary account. How do i restore to out the box condition when i cannot use any of the disk without the administrator password?

Edited by funnyman273, 04 March 2010 - 01:40 PM.

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Th CD you want is going to say Operating System somewhere on it. For my Inspiron, it's sort of a brownish color..

Post what each CD label says and I'll pick it out if you can't find it.

-Tony

[ersatz]

Th CD you want is going to say Operating System somewhere on it. For my Inspiron, it's sort of a brownish color..

Post what each CD label says and I'll pick it out if you can't find it.

-Tony

[123Runner]

Hi funnyman273 and welcome to Geeks to Go.

If the Dell factory system restore partition is intact, then holding ctrl and tapping F11 during boot up will start the factory restore tool.

Read more HERE

[ersatz]

In response to your edit:

I forgot my administrator account password. I only have access to a secondary account. How do i restore to out the box condition when i cannot use any of the disk without the administrator password?

We are unable to help you recover passwords, due to the inability to verify ownership of your computer.
Refer to the Terms of Use you agreed to upon signing up.

Due to the nature of online help we are not able to verify ownership, and will not be able to help bypass or recover any user passwords, cd keys, license codes, serial numbers, etc.

-Tony

[funnyman273]

I completely understand about ownership thank you for your assistance.