administrative password for Repair option from booted CDROM

[spiderman]

I want to use the Repair option on the WinXP Pro CDROM (booted from CDROM)
to fix the a bad installation (the OS ran fine, but it the screen went black
with error message "driver_Irql_not_less_or_equal" if I left it on for 30min
or so) but I forgot the administrative password. Is there a way to retrieve
this password? Thank you

 

[Guest]

If you are using the Repair option in order to reinstall Windows over an existing installtion, then don't worry about the password.

During the installation you will be prompted for a new one.

On the subject of passwords: May I suggest that you use a familiar word: first name or surname, favourite place name or whatever you will use every day: then substitute numeric values .

e.g. LAS VEGAS becomes L45 V3G45 or simpler version LA5 VEGA5

This form of password is just as hard to 'crack' as the use of a pet name or car etc. But being a name you use everyday, it's less likely forgotten. Hell some perople even spell their surname backwards.