Administrator PW. Never set, but asks for one

[Guest]

I have windows xp Pro.

This morning it asked me for a Password as Administrator.
I never set one and in the past I could just hit Enter and it would
continue. This time it does not do that.

I went then to set the Boot sequence to CD and put in the legitimate copy of
MS Windows xp Pro. It again comes to a screen, after selecting R for repair,
where it wants the PW.

I then tried F8 and Del and got to the BIOS etc and saw there under Boot
that the Administrator had no PW (as I always knew). Since it did not work,
I choose and confirmed a new 4 letter PW, saved and Exit.

When I now again try to Boot up from the Windows XP Pro CD and eventually it
again asks me for the PW, I type in the same 4 letters I just chose, but it
again will not continue when I hit Enter. It asks me whether I forgot the PW
but no help how to continue.

I have usede Windows XP Pro for years and never had such a dilemna. Can
someone throw light on this and how to continue?

Thanks in advance

BTW I could never get to Safe mode and the control panel.

 

[Galen]

In (e-mail address removed) <[email protected]> had this to say:

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I have windows xp Pro.

This morning it asked me for a Password as Administrator.
I never set one and in the past I could just hit Enter and it would
continue. This time it does not do that.

I went then to set the Boot sequence to CD and put in the legitimate
copy of MS Windows xp Pro. It again comes to a screen, after
selecting R for repair, where it wants the PW.

I then tried F8 and Del and got to the BIOS etc and saw there under
Boot that the Administrator had no PW (as I always knew). Since it
did not work, I choose and confirmed a new 4 letter PW, saved and
Exit.
When I now again try to Boot up from the Windows XP Pro CD and
eventually it again asks me for the PW, I type in the same 4 letters
I just chose, but it again will not continue when I hit Enter. It
asks me whether I forgot the PW but no help how to continue.

I have usede Windows XP Pro for years and never had such a dilemna.
Can someone throw light on this and how to continue?

Thanks in advance

BTW I could never get to Safe mode and the control panel.

The password for the BIOS hasn't anything to do with the password for the
OS. See below to remove your password:

Password Problems :
http://kgiii.info/windows/2k-XP/security/password_problems.html

Galen
--

"You know that a conjurer gets no credit when once he has explained his
trick; and if I show you too much of my method of working, you will
come to the conclusion that I am a very ordinary individual after all."

Sherlock Holmes

 

[Guest]

Galen, the third recommended site , something like Open Walls has a bad
Trojan. I got a warning from both my NOD32 Virus checker and later from
Comcast.net.

No good.