Re: Admin password in recovery console

From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox@mvps.org)
Date: 12/17/02 

From: "Doug Knox MS-MVP" <dknox@mvps.org>
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 22:30:16 -0500

If you didn't assign an Admin password when you installed XP, just hit enter. 

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"Jefe" <ajeichorst@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:059201c2a56f$1df343f0$d2f82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA09...
> I have needed to make some changes through the Windows 
> Recovery Console.  However, after selecting the Windows 
> application to recover, the computer is asking me for an 
> Administrator Password.  
> 
> I built the computer and have no idea where this password 
> came from or what it is. I have entered every password 
> that I can think of.
> 
> Does anyone know where the computer might be looking to 
> verify the passwords?

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Windows Directory in All Caps
    ... While in recovery console mode, type the following and hit enter after each line: ... ren win "Windows" ... type exit and hit enter to exit the recovery console and start windows normally. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: Windows Directory in All Caps
    ... While in recovery console mode, type the following and hit enter after each line: ... ren win "Windows" ... type exit and hit enter to exit the recovery console and start windows normally. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: Administrator password?
    ... Cannot Log On to Recovery Console After Running Sysprep ... Windows help - www.rickrogers.org ... > You say to just hit enter, ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics)
  • Re: Windows Log On Page Trouble
    ... When i use the Windows XP CD and The Recovery Console it still asks for the ... > should allow you to run that command. ... >>> get it right after the BIOS loading, so just hit F8 repeatedly. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain)
  • Re: Am I as screwed as I think I am?
    ... suggest you re-post your question to a Windows XP newsgroup. ... > Using Win XP Home Edition upgrade.160 GB HD, ... I have never set up a password, so all I had to do was hit ...
    (microsoft.public.access.setupconfig)