AGP 440 problem

[Richard Jordan]

My computer, a Dell 8200 with XP Pro and Service Pack 2, display suddenly
went blank today. When I go to safe mode to reboot, it stops at AGP440.sys
and goes no further.

I have tried rebooting from the XP CD and go into repair mode to delete the
agp440 .sys entry. The major problem is that it asks for the admin password
and I have no idea what it is. I have tried every password I can ever
remember using and nothing works.

It is my personal computer at home and I have no idea how to reconstruct the
password.

Does anyone have any idea what I can do short of reformatting and starting
over? I really hate the thought of doing that.

Thanks for your help.

Richard

 

[Richard]

If it's your own computer the chances are good that the password is
blank. Don't enter anything when asked. Just continue.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Did you try leaving it blank?

 

[Richard Jordan]

Tried leaving it blank and it did not work. This is extremely frustrating.
I will probably take it to a technician Monday, but I don't see what he can
do without the password.

Thanks for the replies.

 

[SteveL]

You do not need to login as admin, login as yourself or
any other user that has admin rights.

 

[Richard Jordan]

I have tried every password I have ever used and none of them work

 

[Vassik]

I had a similar problem last week. I could start windows but not in safe
mode, it
would get stuck on agp440.sys Then the system restore did not work ... I
kept
getting an error that the system restore failed so I ended up doing a repair
install, not just deleting the agp440.sys however I did not have to insert a
password. Then reinstalled SP2 and all is well now. It took about two hours
and was not too painful. Have you tried doing a straight repair install
instead of trying to just fix the 440agp file?

 

[Kelly]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=agp440.sys+&btnG=Google+Search

 

[Richard Jordan]

I have repeatedly rebooted using the CD and gotten to the install or repair
installation screen. When I click on R for repair, it requests my
administrator password. None work.

I tried a password crack that was supposed to reset the admin password to
blank, and it said it worked, but once again my password was not accepted.

Are you suggesting reinstalling XP on top of the present XP installation?
Will it reinstall on top of the present installation. I do not get any
upgrade options.

Thanks again for the help and consideration.

 

[Vassik]

Did you follow these steps? Read through all the steps carefully.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

It gets a bit confusing because you need to accept the first install DO NOT
accept the recovery after that accept the license agreement and then let the
program "find" the old windows and THEN choose repair. All my programs,
documents and settings were left intact.

I had to reinstall a couple of drivers (USB bridge) but that was easy via
the device manager