Re: OEM XP Home Edition
- From: "Ron Sommer" <rsommer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 06:40:45 -0600
Where did you get XP Home?
Did it come with another computer or did you buy it?
Where did you buy it?
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Ron Sommer
"galemead" <galemead@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi - What I mean is I tried to start in safe mode and enter as the
> administrator - but it still does not accept me as an administartor.
>
> I did not create an administrator or limited account for myself.
>
> When the software was installed initially it did not offer the facility to
> set up accounts it just initialised straight to a guest user asking for a
> password when I tried to logon.
>
> Thanks for your help - any further help would be great
>
> "Dixonian69" wrote:
>
>> starting in safe mode and resetting the accounts?
>>
>> did you create a new Administrator or Limited account for yourself?
>>
>> "galemead" wrote:
>>
>> > I have just recently built a basic PC and installed XP home edition on
>> > to a
>> > formatted drive. When XP was installed I was not prompted to set up any
>> > user
>> > accounts - is this normal? Now when windows boots it goes straight to
>> > Guest
>> > user and asks for a password, I have not entered any password and when
>> > I hit
>> > return I get the windows logon message 'the specified domain does not
>> > exist
>> > or could not be contacted'.
>> >
>> > I have tried the various solutions read in the forums e.g. starting in
>> > safe
>> > mode and resetting the accounts (just get the same message), using the
>> > repair
>> > facility in setup - all with no success.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions anyone? I am at a total loss
>> >
>> > Thanks
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