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Recently did an XP-home upgrade install from ME. It was giving me a lot of
problems, so last night I wiped C: and did a clean XP-home install. When it
asked to set up account names, I put in five names but no passwords. When
setup was complete and rebooted, all five accounts are asking for passwords
now. None of the "normal" passwords (password, windows, <return>) will work.
Does anyone know what password it might be looking for? The admin account
in safe mode comes up protected also.
Failing this, I thought I would re-wipe the disk and try again. However,
the "Safe mode w/ command prompt" still attempts to log on as admin before
showing the command prompt. Therefore I can't even reformat and start over.
How do I get to a prompt?
problems, so last night I wiped C: and did a clean XP-home install. When it
asked to set up account names, I put in five names but no passwords. When
setup was complete and rebooted, all five accounts are asking for passwords
now. None of the "normal" passwords (password, windows, <return>) will work.
Does anyone know what password it might be looking for? The admin account
in safe mode comes up protected also.
Failing this, I thought I would re-wipe the disk and try again. However,
the "Safe mode w/ command prompt" still attempts to log on as admin before
showing the command prompt. Therefore I can't even reformat and start over.
How do I get to a prompt?