Is the administrator's password needed to access the Xp Recovery Console the
same as a user password with administrative rights?

"OR" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Is the administrator's password needed to access the Xp Recovery Console the
> same as a user password with administrative rights?
>

Yes, you need to log in as an Admin to use the RC. If the admin has a null
password, no pw is needed.

Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314058

How to enable an administrator to log on automatically in Recovery Console
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;312149

How to install the Windows Recovery Console
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;216417

How to install and use the Recovery Console in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;307654

How to remove Windows Recovery Console
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;555032

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OR wrote:

> Is the administrator's password needed to access the Xp Recovery Console
> the same as a user password with administrative rights?

No, it's the one you set up originally for the built-in Administrator
account. If you have XP Home or you didn't assign a password to this
account in Pro, the password is blank so just hit your "Enter" key.

Malke
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OR wrote:
> Is the administrator's password needed to access the Xp Recovery Console the
> same as a user password with administrative rights?
>
>


No. 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.

How to Log On to Windows XP If You Forget Your Password or Your
Password Expires
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q321305

Failing that, Linux-based password cracking utilities abound on the
Internet, freely available to anyone who can use Google.


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"Brian A." <gonefish'n@afarawaylake> wrote in message
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> "OR" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Is the administrator's password needed to access the Xp Recovery Console the
>> same as a user password with administrative rights?
>>
>
> Yes, you need to log in as an Admin to use the RC. If the admin has a null
> password, no pw is needed.

Sheesh, did that come out reading wrong! The inteded way equals: Yes you need
to log in as an admin, No it is not the same admin as a user with admin rights.


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