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by kenney82

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I just replaced hard drive in dell dimension 4300s. I used the cd to reinstall windows xp home. I can only get to the logon screen with administrator as user name, and I can't log on with no password. When i try user names in the safe mode, it tells me that windows cannot open the users name. pls help. i can't open the darned windows xp.

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by thumbsup2

Since you just installed and have nothing to loose, do it again. And this time, pay attention to what you type for a password!

by w2ktechman

I thought that you just booted into a user, unless you add other users...

However, if you just built it, you should know the admin account and PW anyway.

by older mycroft

Home edition DOES have an admin account, but it is not active by default.

The installer usually autoruns into account creation where the initial user account is created.

The admin account is always there in the background c/w blank password.

How this one has blocked access - is beyond me.

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