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by bhaskarman

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Hello,

I am having problem with the performance of my laptop, so i changed the bootup sequence and booted the laptop using safemode. Now system is not accepting password on the safe mode for both users (adminstrator and mine). I
thought reinstalling XP might help but now when the installation starts system gives a message that installation cannot continue in safemode and asks me to restart, this steps is repeating for 5 to 10times.

What can i do in this circumstances to address two issue one is allowing me to login in safemode and installing XP, i appreciate your
help/suggestions.
Weird but true in repair mode my adminstrator password does not work either.
regards
BM

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by thumbsup2

... 'changing the boot sequence' and landing in Safe Mode? The boot sequence in the BIOS, which is where you change the boot sequence, only determines which device it boots from and has absolutely nothing to do with Safe Mode. However, you CAN change the BIOS password there and perhaps you've mistakenly done that thinking you were changing the Administrator password.

Try booting TO the XP CD, not running it from within Safe Mode, and use the REPAIR option.

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