Administrator's password?

[Xavier]

My Win. XP Pro. came pre-loaded from Dell. As a result,
the sequence to get to the Recovery Console is different
from that publicized by MS. But when I got there, it asked
for the Administrador's password! I entered my own PW but
it rejected it, even though I am the registered owner of
the machine and am defined as administrator.

Any clues about discovering how to go about finding out
the Administrator's PW?

Thanks,
Xavier

 

[Joe]

Dell should of sent you the password. Due to the nature of this question I
would ask you to call Dell they will be happy to give you the default
password for the pre-loaded system they sent you. You may want to check the
checklist that came with your PC it should have the Admin password on it.

 

[Michael D. Alligood]

Is the password blank?

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[zippy]

Dells default password is actually blank. Try just not entering a password
and see if that gets you in. It does on my Dell.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Dell does not set Administrator passwords or any other password for
that matter so there is no default password.

See this link for password issues on Recovery Console:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308402

 

[Xavier]

I tried not entering a password and also entering one
blank. But it didn't accept it in either case.

 

[Xavier]

I tried not entering a password and also entering one
blank. But it didn't accept it in either case.

 

[lvee]

Or try this,
Start | Run | Regedit
Navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Setup\Recover
yConsole
Set the DWORD SecurityLevel value to 1
Exit Registry and Reboot

But, as with any registry editing, it is always a good idea to backup the
registry before you make any changes.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

The password being requested is that of the built-in Administrator
account, not the password for any other administrative user accounts
you may have created. Unless you've deliberately set the
Administrator's password via the Management Console (_not_ the Control
Panel), it's probably still blank. WinXP Pro asks you to set the
Administrator's password during installation, but WinXP Home doesn't.


Bruce Chambers
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[Joe]

I did a little checking and try these. Password, password or
Administrator, administrator or Admin, admin also try System, system the 2
entries are for upper and lower case on first letter.