Re: administrators password

From: Jupiter Jones [MVP] (jones_jupiter_at_hotnomail.com)
Date: 07/12/03


Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 23:49:02 -0600


Cecil;
The only passwords are the passwords you set.
However there may be a problem with the Recovery Console:
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=308402

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Jupiter Jones  [MVP]
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"cecil searcy" <csearcy@qosi.net> wrote in message
news:05a601c34836$34f76c10$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> both my father law and I bought windows xp home upgrade
> and were never given an adminstrators password and cannot
> get ino the repair section of setup without the password-
> How can we be expected to work on our systems without the
> admisistrators password-this seems to be something that
> microsoft keeps secret from user-Microsoft should allow
> us to have our password-is it possible to figure out what
> password they used or is it a forever secret?


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