Re: can't run recovery console
From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox_at_mvps.org)
Date: 07/16/04
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Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 02:08:25 -0400
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308402&Product=winxp
'The Password Is Not Valid' Error Message Appears When You Log On to Recovery Console in Windows XP
-- Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes http://www.dougknox.com -------------------------------- Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm -------------------------------- Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Unsolicited e-mail is not answered. <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2e23d01c46a81$bb9c3ac0$a301280a@phx.gbl... >I probably changed it. When I get prompted for the > administrator password in the rcovery console, it won't > accept a blank or any pswd I may have used. Any way to > get past that? I used a program called erd commander, > which boots into a windows like o/s and lets me change > the administrator password, but when I run the windows > recovery console, it won't take the new password. >>-----Original Message----- >>By default on an XP Home install there isn't a password > on the Administrator account. So unless you've changed > it since you installed, or purchased your system, just > leave the password prompt blank. >> >>-- >>Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered > Smart Display >>Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes >>http://www.dougknox.com >>-------------------------------- >>Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro >>http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm >>-------------------------------- >>Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit. >>Unsolicited e-mail is not answered. >> >><anonymous101@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in > message news:2cdce01c469cc$fcad57c0$a401280a@phx.gbl... >>>I just ran the windows update of windows xp sp1 for >>> windiows xp home o/s. The computer now reboots >>> continuously. Gets to windows screeen, the reboots. I >>> tried to run the windows recover consolr, nut it > prompts >>> me for administrator password. I tried all the >>> administrator passwords I could think of that I used, > but >>> it doesn't like any of them. How do I get past this? I >>> don't want to lose my data and reinstall windows. Can > I >>> use any windows xp cd or just the home edition for the >>> recovery. This is a compaq presario 700 which did not >>> come with a windows oem cd, only a compaq recovery > cd.I >>> tried using ERD commander to change the administrator >>> password, but the new password doe not work. >>. >>
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