Re: Recovery Console

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J B J wrote:

While starting Windows XP one fine day, it did not show any users to click on and only blank screen. Normally, it shows the names of the users to select. The machine is a standalone machine in a workgroup and does not belong to any domain.

To fix the problem, I tried using recovery console.

While using recovery console, it asks for Administrator password. I am not sure if there is any user named "Administrator" or not. However, there are users who are administrators on the machine and if I give password for them, it does not accept it and after three attempts, I have to reboot and start all over with the same result.

How do I fix this.

Any help will be appreciated.


Every XP installation has a built in account named "Administrator". When other accounts with administrator privileges are created this account is hidden.

For XP Pro at installation time the routine asks for a password for this account. XP Home does not. So if Home, as Malke said, just assume it's blank and press enter. For Pro try a blank one too or ask whoever set up the machine what password they assigned. Another option is to boot into safe mode and log into one of the other admin level accounts and change the password for the "Administrator" account from there.

Here is a link that provides information on how to recover from a lost password:

http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/lostpass.htm

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Rock
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