Re: administrator password doesnt work
From: Sleepless in Seattle (jonah_at_guest.com)
Date: 02/26/05
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Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 15:10:50 +1300
Take for service or clean the CD lens yourself.
-- Jonah "traceyck" <traceyck@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8477ED76-C7A0-4CA9-AAFA-F06E295FF8E4@microsoft.com... >I have an IBM ThinkPad that I bought from a friend. It had Windows XP Pro >on > it. I don't have much experience with XP. I deleted the user name and > couldn't log back into it. I bought Windows XP Home full edition to > install > it and start fresh. I keep getting a cyclic redundancy error in the middle > of > install and it fails. (D:\I386\asms) I try to go in and boot from the disk > and chose repair but when it asks for a password I simply click enter (the > manual said it should be blank) and I get a incorrect password box. After > three times I am ousted...any help? > > "Bruce Chambers" wrote: > >> David wrote: >> > When I go into DOS and boot from the winXP disc and try to repair it >> > asks for the administrator password but when i put my password in >> > (im >> > the administrator) it doesnt work. Help plz >> >> >> The password being requested is that of the built-in >> _Administrator_ account, not the password for any other administrative >> user accounts that the computer's owner may have created. Unless the >> owner deliberately set the Administrator's password via the Management >> Console (_not_ the Control Panel), it's probably still blank. WinXP >> Pro asks the installer to set the Administrator's password during >> installation, but WinXP Home doesn't. >> >> -- >> >> Bruce Chambers >> >> Help us help you: >> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm >> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html >> >> You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on >> having >> both at once. - RAH >> >> >> >>
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