The Overclocking trashed box that was giving me trouble I reinstalled
Windows and all my software on since the repair installation failed. I
downloaded the iso from the link, burned it and followed instructions on
a known working WinXP Home box (different from the one above). There was
no
I don't know about there being a separate admin just
used for installing
windows, I suspect that is not the case given my
experience with Recovery Console.
If you are not using EFS to protect files, you may be
able to use one of the
boot CD's made to overwrite passwords reset the
admin
Can anybody tell me why Windows always complains about my Administrators
password when I type it in trying to do a repair install so as not to
have to reinstall everything after my botched overclocking attempts? I
ought to know what my Administrators password is as I type it in several
times
Are you typing your user admin password,
the the true ~root~ admin password?
If you orginally put the password in with a personalized username
during some of the later Windows setup Welcome screens,
that is the wrong admin...
Rick Glazier
From: zaske
Can
There's only an administrator account on my PC. No guest or user either.
I never use anything other than my administrator account and I've never
succeeded in getting the Repair function to work on any box at any time
since I've been using XP. I just don't want to re-install everything yet
That was the second thing I tried. After I tell it which Windows
installation I want to log onto and hit enter with the password blank it
kicks me back to the command prompt. If I use my admin password it
complains once then kicks me back to the command prompt. I've never been
able to get this
Only 1 Windows install coincidently on Drive D I guess because the 80gig
is PATA and my Windows install is on SATA.
Wayne Johnson wrote:
At 13:07 08-21-2007, zaske typed:
That was the second thing I tried. After I tell it which Windows
installation I want to log onto and hit enter with the
