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 17:01:44 -0500

Thanks for the reply, Mark.

> "Mark L. Ferguson" <marfer_mvp@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:#r4GK6FgCHA.1688@tkmsftngp09...
> You must have admin rights to change the .net passport for someone else.

I'm a bit confused, then. The *only* User on the system is Administrator
(me), and I'm apparently logged onto that automatically each time I boot,
with no need to enter a password. My original problem is that I can't get
into the Recovery Console because XP is asking for a password, and it's
apparently blank (or a carriage return, conceivably, per your original
guess), won't accept a blank password, and doesn't accept what if I used if
I had set one up when I purchased and first ran the system.

So I'm not wanting to change anything for someone else, since I'm the only
User, apparently logged in as Administrator. See the original posts below
for the details, since I imagine you're replying to quite a few different
threads.

So if I'm the only User, logged in as Administrator, does this still need to
be done in Safe Mode?

Sorry to prolong this, but I genuinely want to understand how this works so
I fix it right the first time, and can deal with similar problems down the
road on my own. 

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Don
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"Don Cohen" <doncohen@lens-cap.nc.prestige.net> wrote in message
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> 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.
>
> --
> Don
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> http://www.dlcphotography.net
>
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>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" <marfer_mvp@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:#p2wa85fCHA.3596@tkmsftngp08...
> 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
> news:OFUyUL5fCHA.1744@tkmsftngp11...
> > 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
> >
> > --
> > Don
> > Photo Website at:
> > http://www.dlcphotography.net
> >
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> >
> >
> >
>
>

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