Administrator password changed

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Hi,

I was having some trouble with my PC and I used the recovery console to
fix it. I logged into the recovery console with my password and copied
some files from c:\windows\repair to c:\windows\system32\config
(including the sam file). However, now I cannot log back into my
account with my password, and I can't use the recovery console either,
it says it is the wrong password. I urgently need to get back into my
account, is there some sort of default password taht has been set up?
Any help would be appreciated

.

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