Re: recover from corrupted registry

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Rich Barry wrote:
Eduardo, if you didnt assign a password for the Admin Account then
you should not need one for the Recovery Console.
If you use Windows Restore and you can connect your drive to
another computer I can give you a fix for your problem.
Otherwise you can try a Repair Install of XP. You need the XP CD
for this. For more info check here
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

"Eduardo Kelly" <EduardoKelly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:1A6E6771-E29E-461B-B458-B281A4953507@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,

I did try to recover from corrupted registry but didn't find system
registry
in the
"c:\windows\repair\system" and now I can't log in neither on windows
or in the recovery console anymore. Because I have to type a
password that I don't
have because I didn't assign any password to the administator
account. Does windows has a standard password for the administrator
account?

Thanks in advance,
Eduardo.

Have you tried just pressing Return without entering a password?


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