Invalid Password when logging in Recovery Console

[Chuck]

The problem that I am having has been identified in the
Knowledge Base Article 308402. My laptop will not finish
booting up so I am attempting to repair XP Professional.
When I enter the correct Admin Password in the Recovery
Console, I am getting an invalid password response. Your
comments / recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Chuck

 

[Bob Harris]

If you have a Dell, Gateway, or other major brand PC, the administrator
password might be the one they used to install XP, not the password of the
first user (i.e., yourself). That is, what is required is the password for
a specific administrator, the one who installed XP, not a random
administrator. Contact their support group for further information.

 

[Jim Macklin]

The recovery console is looking for the default (hidden)
administrator account password. It is probably a blank
(null) entry on most computers, just TAB over the field and
hit enter.


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| If you have a Dell, Gateway, or other major brand PC, the
administrator
| password might be the one they used to install XP, not the
password of the
| first user (i.e., yourself). That is, what is required is
the password for
| a specific administrator, the one who installed XP, not a
random
| administrator. Contact their support group for further
information.
|
message
| | > The problem that I am having has been identified in the
| > Knowledge Base Article 308402. My laptop will not
finish
| > booting up so I am attempting to repair XP Professional.
| > When I enter the correct Admin Password in the Recovery
| > Console, I am getting an invalid password response.
Your
| > comments / recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
| >
| > Chuck
|
|

 

[Bill]

Try the serial number or id number on the machine...
Bill

 

[Helge Wunderlich]

When I enter the correct Admin Password in the Recovery
Console, I am getting an invalid password response.

It's a known bug. It is described here:

http://michaelstevenstech.com/RCpasswordfix.txt

Unfortunately for you, it is too late for you to apply the fix now.

Since the bug only appears for some passwords, you could try changing
you password using something like

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html