I've never had an administrative password before.

We ordered this office directly from Dell.  When we got there, my husband and a good friend, who has worked on the computers most of his life (also has a comp. it Consulting who built or fix computers), put in place.  I'm at 99% of the time on it.  When the message came to you please enter your administrative password, I didn't know what he was talking about.  I called my husband and he had no idea.  So I called our friend and he said they have never implemented one and there never even remember asking for one, otherwise he would have done.  So many times I have not been able to open certain programs because he'll ask for my administrative password.  We bought Office home and student software to upgrade this computer and it won't let me not even download it because I do not have an Administrative password.  I took it to our typical products, which is an office store and supply and they counldn can't even fix.  I NEED HELP!

He asks you for a password when you turn on the computer?
If not, then try to call Dell technical support: http://support.dell.com/

They will help you to solve this problem. Also, I suggest thatgo for the problem report (start-> search problem) and report all problems and see what the solutions are. Also try to download all the updates.

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