XP Repair Password

[Guest]

Hi,
PC will not boot into any mode, SAFE, SAFE w/networking, Last Known, etc.
Does anyone have a clue as another option available?

If not that, I tried to use XP cd to repair installation and after pressing
R for repair and 1 for C:\windows directory, I am asked to enter an
administrator password. I've tried every password known to me and none of
them work. Does anyone know if there is a default password I should be using?
I've never been asked for a password, that I can remember, when running
repair.

Thanks in advance.
KenP

 

[Tom]

You could try admin

 

[Guest]

Done that already.

You could try admin

 

[Guest]

Ken,
You are on the wrong screen. Insert and boot from the winXP CD, follow
the first prompt and click on install Windows; on the second screen you will
get an option to repair a Windows installation.

 

[Manny Borges]

There is no "default" password.

It is the password that was assigned to the account "administrator" when the
machine was first installed(unless you have changed it since then).

Is this a manufacturer built PC(dell, compaq, etc), a custom built(crazy
harry's computer shack), or a PC provided by your work?

--
Manny Borges
MCSE NT4-2003 (+ Security)
MCT, Certified Cheese Master

The pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write with.
-- Marty Feldman

 

[Martin Lambert]

Have you tried to just hit enter and leave that password request blank ?

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Hi,
PC will not boot into any mode, SAFE, SAFE w/networking, Last Known, etc.
Does anyone have a clue as another option available?

If not that, I tried to use XP cd to repair installation and after pressing
R for repair and 1 for C:\windows directory, I am asked to enter an
administrator password. I've tried every password known to me and none of
them work. Does anyone know if there is a default password I should be using?
I've never been asked for a password, that I can remember, when running
repair.

Thanks in advance.
KenP

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.


--

Bruce Chambers

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[NotMe]

It sounds like you are trying to access the Recovery Console not do a repair
install.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315341