Re: Recovery Console Admin Password

From: waymon (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/06/04


Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 01:08:39 -0700

Hi Will,
Yes I'm running XP Home. I was just trying to get logged
on so that I can delete some of the music I had just
recently loaded. I should have been checking my disk
space. I have not tried Safe Mode. Did not think of that.
I'll give it a try. Thanks for the quick response. I'm at
work and had left this workstation for a while. Any other
advice you have is greatly appreciated. I really do not
want to do a reinstall. Tks
Waymon,
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi
>
>As you are running XP Home, try leaving the password
blank, although you may
>not be able to do much in the Recovery Console. Have you
tried accessing
>Windows via Safe Mode? After a reboot keep tapping F8.
>
>--
>
>Will Denny
>MVP - Windows Shell/User
>Please reply to the News Groups
>
>
>"Waymon" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:681b01c493d5$007ebec0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> Can someone tell me what to use for a recovery console
>> admin password (administrator) if I never set a
>> administrator password and it still ask for one. What
I've
>> done (I think) is overloaded my hard drive and the
system
>> will not let me get to to lonon screen. My system lockes
>> up. I also notice that there is no room left on my hard
>> drive. Is if I can just get loged on I can delete some
of
>> the music I've loaded onto my hard drive. I running
>> windows xp home. please contact me at wayearl42
>> (removethis)@yahoo.com.
>>
>
>
>.
>



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