My ipad is disabled and i am not synced to itunes. How do i enable my ipad?

My mother in law got an ipad for christmas. She put in the wrong pass code one too many times and now it says it is disabled and to connect to itunes. The problem is, my girlfriend never synced in to an itunes account before giving it to her. So itunes is not recognizing her device. How do I enable the ipad without i tunes?

Hi swi,
Follow the instructions in the following support article that best address your situation:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1212
Cheers,
GB

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