Recovery Console - Administrator password

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I've also been affected by the infinite logon reboot
virus/problem b/c I uninstalled some adware.

I found this website to help me:
http://www.lavasofthelp.com/articles/v6/04/06/0901.html

HOWEVER, when I use the Recovery Console, it's asking for
my Administrator password, which I have no clue what it
is. The weird thing is, if I go into Safe Mode, and click
on the Administrator link, it doesn't require a password,
so what gives?? In the Recovery Console, if I just hit
Enter for a blank password, it says "Invalid Password". Am
I doing something wrong here?? Please help. Thank you.
 
Jim said:
I've also been affected by the infinite logon reboot
virus/problem b/c I uninstalled some adware.

I found this website to help me:
http://www.lavasofthelp.com/articles/v6/04/06/0901.html

HOWEVER, when I use the Recovery Console, it's asking for
my Administrator password, which I have no clue what it
is. The weird thing is, if I go into Safe Mode, and click
on the Administrator link, it doesn't require a password,
so what gives?? In the Recovery Console, if I just hit
Enter for a blank password, it says "Invalid Password". Am
I doing something wrong here?? Please help. Thank you.
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use tab instead of enter.
 
Hi, thank you for the advice. I hit the 'tab' button, but
the cursor didn't move. So I hit the enter key again, and
it still said 'The password in not valid. Please retype
the password. Type the Administrator password:' I simply
don't get it. How come in the Windows logon screen it
doesn't require one, but here it does??

Am I using the TAB key the wrong way? Thanks again for
anyone that can help. My computer has been down for 2 days
now... :(
 
Hi, thank you for the advice. I hit the 'tab' button, but
the cursor didn't move. So I hit the enter key again, and
it still said 'The password in not valid. Please retype
the password. Type the Administrator password:' I simply
don't get it. How come in the Windows logon screen it
doesn't require one, but here it does??

Am I using the TAB key the wrong way? Thanks again for
anyone that can help. My computer has been down for 2 days
now... :(
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I don't know. See this link:

'The Password Is Not Valid' Error Message Appears When You Log On to
Recovery Console in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308402
 
Jim said:
I've also been affected by the infinite logon reboot
virus/problem b/c I uninstalled some adware.

I found this website to help me:
http://www.lavasofthelp.com/articles/v6/04/06/0901.html

HOWEVER, when I use the Recovery Console, it's asking for
my Administrator password, which I have no clue what it
is. The weird thing is, if I go into Safe Mode, and click
on the Administrator link, it doesn't require a password,
so what gives?? In the Recovery Console, if I just hit
Enter for a blank password, it says "Invalid Password". Am
I doing something wrong here?? Please help. Thank you.
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Recovery console info.
Click on the link below, or copy and paste the link into the address box
if using the web based newsgroup.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html#RC
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