Re: Recovery Console - Invalid Administrator Password

From: Joel Rittvo (joel@perfect-flight.com)
Date: 06/22/02


From: "Joel Rittvo" <joel@perfect-flight.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 20:57:42 -0400


I think you are in the same boat I am. Check out this link:

http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q308402

I used the 6 disk boot floppy thing and it did work.

I wish there was a way to get the 2 file hot fix though, without risking
paying for a MS support call. My machine is a Dell, and they are aware of
the problem they created in setting it up, but they don't want to be any
help at all.

Joel Rittvo

"Don Hinson" <dlhinson@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:cc0701c2102a$0af674f0$19ef2ecf@tkmsftngxa01...
> I'm trying to run the Recovery Console on XP Home. No
> matter what I do when prompted for an Administrator
> Password, the program tells me that I entered an Invalid
> Password.
>
> (Note: I have 4 User Accounts with Administrator
> Priveledges and no passwords, and 1 Guest Account)
>
> I booted in the Safe Mode (which is the only place to see
> the default Administrator Account) and determined that
> the Administrator Account did not have a password.
>
> Went back to the Recovery Console and hit <ENTER> to
> indicate no password and still got the Invalid Password
> message.
>
> Back to Safe Mode and created a password for the
> Administrator Account but the Recovery Console still told
> me Invalid Password.
>
> The Knowledge Base doesn't seem to address this problem!
>
> Help! Need to Repair my corrupted Ntfs.sys file.
>
> Don



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