Re: administrator password in Recovery console

That "command prompt" you saw in your earlier attempt,
C:\Windows>, was the Recovery Console. The steps you took were
exactly what should be done when the administrator account has
a blank password. There's no "password glitch", just hit Enter
when it asks for a password.

Recovery Console provides an environment where you can obtain
access to limited areas on your system. Recovery Console uses a
special set of commands. To view the commands enter Help at the
prompt. To see help for a specific command enter Help followed
by the specific command, e.g. Help Attrib. Enter Exit to leave
the Recovery Console and restart your computer.

Here are some articles with more info:

Recovery Console overview
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/recovery_console_overview.mspx?mfr=true

Recovery Console commands
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/recovery_console_cmds.mspx?mfr=true

Good luck

Nepatsfan

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Dee <Dee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Wow what a quick response! Thank you soo much. That is
working so far. Now if I didn't want to do a repair but I
did want to use the recovery console, How do I satisfy that
password glitch, when none has been set?

Thanks again for solving my original problem.

"Nepatsfan" wrote:

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Dee <Dee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm trying to do a 'repair install' from the winxp home cd,
after I choose "R" to repair from the recovery console; a
prompt comes up asking for the administrator password. I
didn't set a password, I am the administrator and only
user. I've tried leaving it blank and just pressing enter
but it just goes to the command prompt. Is there a command
that I am supposed to type to continue?

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help!

To perform a repair install you don't enter the recovery
console. You pressed R at the wrong screen. Follow this
procedure:

Restart your computer and boot from the XP installation CD.
At the "Welcome to Setup" screen, hit Enter.
Hit F8 to accept the license agreement.
You should next see a screen which shows the XP
installations present on your computer. Highlight the one
you want to repair and now hit the R key.

Take a look at these articles for more info:

Courtesy of Michael Stevens, MS-MVP
How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of
Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q315341&ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341

FYI, I hope you've backed up any important files before
following this procedure. While your data should be safe,
there's always the possibility that something could go
wrong.

Good luck

Nepatsfan



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