Recovery console won't recognize Admin Pass

[HotRod]

Can anone give me an idea why the recovery console in XP Pro will not
recognize my Administrator password? I 100% sure that I'm using the right
password "The password is not valid". I need to do a windows repair of the
files without wiping out my data, right now the computer will not load and
just continues to reboot after a minute and then it starts all over again.

P.S, This is a laptop.

 

[David Candy]

If your OS was preinstalled and old (non SP) then use a more recent Recovery Console.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310994

 

[MAP]

Can anone give me an idea why the recovery console in XP Pro will not
recognize my Administrator password? I 100% sure that I'm using the
right password "The password is not valid". I need to do a windows
repair of the files without wiping out my data, right now the
computer will not load and just continues to reboot after a minute
and then it starts all over again.

P.S, This is a laptop.

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

 

[Robert Roland]

Can anone give me an idea why the recovery console in XP Pro will not
recognize my Administrator password?

Does this help?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308402/en-us

A "cowboy" approach that might work would be to reset the password as
described here:

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

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Can anone give me an idea why the recovery console in XP Pro will not
recognize my Administrator password? I 100% sure that I'm using the right
password "The password is not valid". I need to do a windows repair of the
files without wiping out my data, right now the computer will not load and
just continues to reboot after a minute and then it starts all over again.

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


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Bruce Chambers

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