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XP install CD refuses to accept my admin passwd

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by duah

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i want to repair-reinstalling xp

bXP install CD refuses to accept my admin passwd even after double check my admin passwd under user acts, when boot from XP CD it refuses my admin passwd??

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by hal 9000

http://tinyurl.com/6l9sm

This is correct as you can not have two identical Admin Passwords on the same install. Repairing this way actually rewrites the Windows Files and doesn't remove anything.

But if you are doing an In Place Install as per these dirtections

http://tinyurl.com/ch2d4

You will be able to use your existing Admin Password as doing an install this way strips out all the existing Windows Files and allows you to reinstall without loosing your links to installed software.

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