Repair console administrator password conundrum

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Hi Group,
Hope someone here can help. Today when I went to boot up my XP machine, it
took an exceptionally long time (even by normal MS standards) before finally
showing a screen without icons, start menu, toolbar etc.
Next boot up came a DOS-type screen saying a config file was missing and a
suggestion that repair was needed via theinstallation CD.
So I booted off the installation CD. After a semingly interminable copying
of obscure OEM equipment files I reached the option of using the "repair
console". I was not able to get far with that however, as this requires an
administrator password. Now, I am the main user and adminstrator, there is
only one other user, I don't normally require a password and I don't have
one for booting into this machine.I tried using a blank, and the word
*administrator", to no avail.
So the repair console path appears to be ruled out, even though this is a
genuine purchased XP SP2 Home French version activated in my sole name...
Further boot attempts saw the machine run Chdsk several times, and with the
apparent automatic repair of some entries.
My hopes rose when I was finally able to get to the page where you log on as
user (simple click on icon, don't think I ever had a blank box to enter
password in as one has on XP Pro). However this only gets me into an endless
cycle or reboots.
Any suggetions where to start putting it right, please?


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