Admin Password in Recovery Console

[Guest]

I'm trying to access my C:/ drive in recovery console and have typed my
administrator password in, yet I get the message, "Password Invalid" I have
also tried just entering a blank screen, and this does not work either.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Please see if the following link helps regarding a lost password:

http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/lostpass.htm

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[MAP]

I'm trying to access my C:/ drive in recovery console and have typed
my administrator password in, yet I get the message, "Password
Invalid" I have also tried just entering a blank screen, and this
does not work either.

The recovery console needs the pasword for the person who installed XP, not
for just any administrator. If the install was done by a major PC maker,
you may need to contact them for it.

However, the password is sometimes blank. So, try just pressing enter when
you are asked for a password, it may help.

Or, if you can get into XP, even safe mode, you can arrange to bypass the
password by the following registry change:

Instead, just run REGEDIT (Start à Run à Regedit)

Navigate to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Setup\Recover
yConsole

Set the DWORD SecurityLevel value to 1

http://www.theeldergeek.com/recovery_console.htm

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I'm trying to access my C:/ drive in recovery console and have typed my
administrator password in, yet I get the message, "Password Invalid" I have
also tried just entering a blank screen, and this does not work either.

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.aspx?scid=kb;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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