I want to resurect old XP desktop

I have a HP desktop computer that I replaced with a new one about 3 years ago and I have no idea of what was the password. I'm not interested in anything that may have stayed in that I pretty much everything left to the new.
Now, I want to use it again and can not enter. Is it possible that I can reset it to the original state it was when new? Once again, I am not interested to access anything whatsoever, left just go back to XP.

When you've got the HP desktop computer, he should have with a way to restore the default values.  What is in this way depends on when / where you got it, make/model, and other factors.  Instructions for making up lies both with the system information/manuals.

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