Re: administrator password doesnt work

From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 02/26/05 

Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 21:10:53 -0500

Hi,

You can't run a repair option on a Pro system with a Home disk. You need to
delete the existing system partition and create a new one. These should help
with the error regarding asms.sys:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=812247
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=311755 

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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
"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
>>
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>>
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>> having
>> both at once. - RAH
>>
>>
>>
>>

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