Re: XP Home Recovery Console Password Problem

From: Don Cohen (doncohen@lens-cap.nc.prestige.net)
Date: 10/30/02 

From: "Don Cohen" <doncohen@lens-cap.nc.prestige.net>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 13:46:07 -0500

A follow-up question, Mark:

I've done a little reading on this command, and nobody else mentions running
it from Safe Mode. "Kelly's XP Korner" even includes a registry change to
add "control userpasswords2" to the Control Panel.

Is there some reason this particular change needs to be run within Safe
Mode? I'm not challenging, just wanting to better understand this before I
do something I'm not too knowledgeable about.

Thanks. 

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"Mark L. Ferguson" <marfer_mvp@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Boot to Safe Mode.
go to start/run, and type
'control userpasswords2'
Uncheck "Users must enter a User name and password"
Fill out the dialog for Administrator with a blank password.
I am guessing you actually put a carriage return in as the password.
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"Don Cohen" <doncohen@lens-cap.nc.prestige.net> wrote in message
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> I have a Gateway 700XL running XPHome.  I need to be able to access the
> Recovery Console via booting from the XP CD (I've run into occasional hard
> drive issues when using Partition Magic which need to be repaired this way
> when I can't boot from the hard drive).
>
> When accessing the Recovery Console (R) option during a boot from the XP
CD:
>
> 1. I'm not always asked for the Administrator Password, which seems odd,
but
> I have gotten in previously without entering one.
> 2. When I am asked for it, I can't get in:
>
> If I just hit enter as if there isn't a password (since I don't recall
> setting up a password when I purchased and setup the system earlier this
> year), it still asks for one.
>
> If I enter the password I undoubtedly would have used if I had, it doesn't
> accept it.
>
> Further information:
>
> 1.  When I access the Users applet via Control Panel, and go to
> Administrator (which is the only User set up on this system), I see an
> option to "Create" a password, but none to change it.  This lead me to
> conclude that there is no password set up.
>
> 2.  During a normal boot from the hard drive into XP, I am never asked for
> any password (and I'm not running TweakUI on this system to automatically
> enter it).  Again, this leads me to think no password is present.
>
> So:
>
> 1. How do I determine for sure if an Administrator Password is present,
and
> if it is, how do I find out what it is?
>
> 2. If there is no Administrator Password, how do I get Recovery Console to
> let me in?
>
> 3. If I end up needing to create an Administrator Password, am I going to
> have to enter it with each boot (or get TweakUI to do it)?
>
>
> Bottom line is I don't want to change the system's current boot scenario,
> where I don't have to enter anything, but I do need to be able to access
the
> Recovery Console when booting from the XP CD.
>
> Any help greatly appreciated.
>
> [One last matter.  I've read through the following MS document, but am not
> sure this directly pertains to my situation, since I'm not needing to or
> wanting to access the Recovery Console from the hard drive, and don't
really
> need/want it installed there:]
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q308402
>
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>
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