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by wennock

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I am trying to use the boot from CD win XP Home repair option.
This runs through ok upto where I am ask to input the Administrator password I have tried the passwords I have which have admin rights they are not accepted error incorrect

I try to log on to XP normally with the administrator ID and not put a password in and press return I get a message saying that am unable to log on to this profile

Iam unable to see the admin account to amend password

Am I aproaching this the wrong wayany one have any ideas?

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by timwalsh

You have to use the password that is tied to the Administrator account on that particular machine. You cannot use passwords that belong to other user accounts even if thay have administrator privileges. During the original installation of XP, you were asked to provide a password for the Administrator account - this is the password XP is looking for.

by wennock

As far as Iam aware I didn't set a Amdmin password while running through the setup
So when I try and log on the machine with admin and press return (no password) I get the message
"unable to log on becuase of a account restriction"
Any other password results in the password error

by m trump

When you boot from the CD, instead of choosing the repair option at the first screen (that's the one that takes you to the console where it asks for the Administrative password), choose to install Windows. It will continue and look for any previousinstallations of Windows, which it will find, and you will then see an option to repair the current installation. Do this, you won't lose any information in the process.

by wennock

I have been able to run the repair using the install function, this has not resolved the original issue which was a modem problem but I will close and hand over the points anyway

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