system folder

[Bob Brannon]

If I do that I get a response that the password is invalid????


Leave it blank

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Then someone set a password on the account at setup, sometime since, or the
password may have expired. If you don't know the Administrator password, or
another Administrator level account password, there isn't much you can do,
other than reset the password (risky in my opinion).

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

 

[Bob Brannon]

Well, I have never has a password on this system but now since installing
the recovery console it asks me for one in the console and when XP starts.
Because I never assigned one and I am the only one who ever has used the
computer I don't know what password it is looking for. As a result I can't
use the computer at all. Any ideas? I am corresponding from a different
computer, have been all along.

Bob

Then someone set a password on the account at setup, sometime since, or the
password may have expired. If you don't know the Administrator password, or
another Administrator level account password, there isn't much you can do,
other than reset the password (risky in my opinion).

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

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

If you don't know the passwords for any accounts on the computer, there
isn't much you can do, other than try to reset it, or reinstall XP.

I can't vouch for this process, some say it works, others say it doesn't.

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

If you have to reinstall XP, you'll need to "take ownership" of your old
files and folders, after the installation.

See Help and Support and search for "take ownership"

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421

 

[Bob Brannon]

I am really at a loss here. I will try the link you suggested but what
doesn't make sense is what I said earlier. That is that there was never a
password established. I am the only one who has ever used the computer and
I never created a password, so why is it asking for one now only after
installing the recovery console?


If you don't know the passwords for any accounts on the computer, there
isn't much you can do, other than try to reset it, or reinstall XP.

I can't vouch for this process, some say it works, others say it doesn't.

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

If you have to reinstall XP, you'll need to "take ownership" of your old
files and folders, after the installation.

See Help and Support and search for "take ownership"

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

There's no reason that I know of why installing the Recovery Console would
make it ask for a password at logon, Bob.