administrator password

Bruce Chambers wrote:
herbzee wrote:
Trying to do a Win XP Pro repair, get as far as the prompt for the Administrator Password. I don't have one; I'm the sole user of this computer. What now?


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 wrote:
herbzee wrote:
Trying to do a Win XP Pro repair, get as far as the prompt for the Administrator Password. I don't have one; I'm the sole user of this computer. What now?


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, thanx for the reply, I tried the "blank" by just pressing enter,
is sent back a wrong password message.
Basically I'm trying to enter the recovery console, per Fred Langa's
"XP's Little-Known 'Rebuild' Command".
cheers-Herb.
.

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