Administrator password in XP Pro SP2

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I am trying to use the repair console to delete a file. But Xp won't accept
the Administrator password. I have even gone in to users and changed it, but
no luck it won't accept it! Any ideas out there???
 
Tre said:
I am trying to use the repair console to delete a file. But Xp won't accept
the Administrator password. I have even gone in to users and changed it,
but
no luck it won't accept it! Any ideas out there???
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Have you changed it for the user called Administrator - I don't believe a
member of the admin group will do the trick.

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Yes, I changed the actual Administrator password not the group (I don't
believe the groups have passwords)
 
Tre said:
I am trying to use the repair console to delete a file. But Xp won't
accept the Administrator password. I have even gone in to users and
changed it, but no luck it won't accept it! Any ideas out there???
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The recovery console needs the pasword for the person who installed XP, not
for just any administrator. If the install was done by a major PC maker,
you may need to contact them for it.

However, the password is sometimes blank. So, try just pressing enter when
you are asked for a password, it may help.

Or, if you can get into XP, even safe mode, you can arrange to bypass the
password by the following registry change:

Instead, just run REGEDIT (Start à Run à Regedit)
Navigate to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Setup\Recover
yConsole
Set the DWORD SecurityLevel value to 1


http://www.theeldergeek.com/recovery_console.htm
 
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