Administrator Password

[Guest]

I am trying to repair my Windows Xp with a CD bought brand new still in the
package and installed. It keeps asking me for my administrator password. I
don't know what this is. Can someone please help? I am trying to repair
rather than reformant if possible. My PC is running extememly slow and I get
an alert everytime I boot up saying: "Font 'Arial' doesn't support style
'Regular'. I haver no idea what this means.

 

[Jim]

I am trying to repair my Windows Xp with a CD bought brand new still in the
package and installed. It keeps asking me for my administrator password.
I
don't know what this is. Can someone please help? I am trying to repair
rather than reformant if possible. My PC is running extememly slow and I
get
an alert everytime I boot up saying: "Font 'Arial' doesn't support style
'Regular'. I haver no idea what this means.

Isn't the password for the Administrator account on the CD blank?
Jim

 

[AJR]

When doing a "repair" you will receive an administrator password request -
if one was not one set - pressing enter key or ok moves process ahead.

 

[MAP]

I am trying to repair my Windows Xp with a CD bought brand new still
in the package and installed. It keeps asking me for my
administrator password. I don't know what this is. Can someone
please help? I am trying to repair rather than reformant if
possible. My PC is running extememly slow and I get an alert
everytime I boot up saying: "Font 'Arial' doesn't support style
'Regular'. I haver no idea what this means.

DO NOT press "R" (at least not the first one,), here is a link that explains
a repair install quite well.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

If you are still asked for a password and can boot at all, here ya go:


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