Getting Windows XP off of domains

[BrianBSL]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

I was able to blank the admin password from a linux boot cd, then I was able to login in safe mode on "this computer" as admin, then take the computer off the domain, and now all is well. I'm actually posting from it right now. This was quite a dumpster find really, it has Dreamweaver and Office as well.

But now I have another question. My motherboard is carrying dual Pentium 3 500MHz processors. In My Computer "Properties" tab it only shows one. I have a feeling this is just due to Windows's stupidity but I'd like to be sure both are being recognized. Is there any diagnostic or hardware specs program I can run that will verify that both processors are working and being recognized. Is there any setup I need to do in XP to make sure that it is utilizing both processors?

I tried checking in the BIOS but the only thing it will tell me is the current temperature of each processor.

If you don't have the paper license for Office and Dreamweaver, they are not legal to use. Chances are pretty high that whoever threw the PC away is planning on reusing those licenses on their new computer and did not intend to transfer the license to you. Even using their XP license is somewhat on the sketchy side, especially if it is not the OEM license that came with the computer. Since it was joined to a domain, I would guess it is some company's VLK, which would certinally not transfer to you.

If you open up task manager, go to performance. If you only see one processor there, then windows isn't seeing the 2nd one. Since it is XP Pro, there should be nothing you have to do to tell it that there are two processors, chances are its a BIOS config problem.