Re: System failed - unable to repair - what does install do?

The local administrator account is a built-in account and exists in all new
installs. The user name is not case sensitive but the password (if any) is
case sensitive. Try leaving the password blank which may be the case if you
didn't specify one at the time of the install.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"Peter Pepper" wrote:
| Hi Dave:
|
| I am unable to login as administrator. Perhaps I botched the install?
| There does not seem to be an administrator login. Should I assume the
user
| name and pwd would be administrator if I did not create any users? Is my
| lack of capitalization an issue?
|
| I would really like to get this desktop running, as it has some important
| infor relative to April 15 on it.
|
| Thanks.
| Peter


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