administrator password in Recovery console

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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!
 
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Dee said:
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!
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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
 
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.
 
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/...en-us/recovery_console_overview.mspx?mfr=true

Recovery Console commands
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...ocs/en-us/recovery_console_cmds.mspx?mfr=true

Good luck

Nepatsfan

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