Administrator password.

[Rock]

I want to use the widows repair concil, but it wants the administrators
password. The computer has never had one given. I tried "Administrator", and
no go. Anyone know a fix from the command line, as safe mode does not work
either.

Assume it's blank and hit enter. Otherwise see this:
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

 

[Jimbo]

I want to use the widows repair concil, but it wants the administrators
password. The computer has never had one given. I tried "Administrator", and
no go. Anyone know a fix from the command line, as safe mode does not work
either.

 

[MAP]

I want to use the widows repair concil, but it wants the
administrators password. The computer has never had one given. I
tried "Administrator", and no go. Anyone know a fix from the command
line, as safe mode does not work either.

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

 

[Jimbo]

Enter don't work but Im checking out your link. All I have is the command
line after booting from the xp cd.
Thanks.

 

[Jimbo]

That would be cool if I could get into windows. I will see if it will run
from the cd rom command line. Thanks.

 

[Jimbo]

Thanks Rick, but I built these machine, seems every machine I work on is
always this way, wants a administrator password and none has been set.
Before when this happened I booted into safe mode and set the password, then
booted from the disk and the new password worked. Can this be done from the
xp repair console command prompt...?
Was it user2password or something like that...? Thanks for your time.

Hi,

You may be the victim of a system installed with sysprep, see:

Cannot Log On to Recovery Console After Running Sysprep [Q308402]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308402

The solution is to load the the Recovery Console using the boot floppy set:

Using the WinXP Boot floppy set:
http://www.rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#Boot floppy

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

I want to use the widows repair concil, but it wants the administrators
password. The computer has never had one given. I tried "Administrator",
and
no go. Anyone know a fix from the command line, as safe mode does not work
either.

 

[Jimbo]

The password editor reports the Administrator password as blank and will not
change it and the recovery console will not take blank or enter. Know of
anyother ways to change the password.
Thanks.

 

[Rock]

The password editor reports the Administrator password as blank and will not
change it and the recovery console will not take blank or enter. Know of
anyother ways to change the password.
Thanks.

Sorry don't have any other suggestions beyond what others have posted
here. Good luck.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

You're thinking of "control userpasswords2" but no, that won't work from the
Recovery Console command prompt. Can you open the RC using the boot floppy
set and no password?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Thanks Rick, but I built these machine, seems every machine I work on is
always this way, wants a administrator password and none has been set.
Before when this happened I booted into safe mode and set the password,
then
booted from the disk and the new password worked. Can this be done from
the
xp repair console command prompt...?
Was it user2password or something like that...? Thanks for your time.

Hi,

You may be the victim of a system installed with sysprep, see:

Cannot Log On to Recovery Console After Running Sysprep [Q308402]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308402

The solution is to load the the Recovery Console using the boot floppy set:

Using the WinXP Boot floppy set:
http://www.rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#Boot floppy

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

I want to use the widows repair concil, but it wants the administrators
password. The computer has never had one given. I tried
"Administrator",
and
no go. Anyone know a fix from the command line, as safe mode does not work
either.