Administrator password?

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Geoffrey Camm

While trying to correct another problem, I'm booting up XP from CD-rom. I'm trying to access the Restore Module which requests the administrator's password. Where is it?? Is it on the XP sticker attached to computer? If so, which number? Further difficulty is the fact that I'm trying to help some one else who has know idea what their password is, was or where to find it.
Where would one find it if they were just setting up XP for the first time? Is it assigned or do you make one up? Please help!!
 
Hi,

There is no default administrator password. None exists unless the user
created one. There is a separate issue for system that were installed using
sysprep, this article discusses the workaround:

Cannot Log On to Recovery Console After Running Sysprep [Q308402]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308402

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

While trying to correct another problem, I'm booting up XP from CD-rom. I'm
trying to access the Restore Module which requests the administrator's
password. Where is it?? Is it on the XP sticker attached to computer? If
so, which number? Further difficulty is the fact that I'm trying to help
some one else who has know idea what their password is, was or where to find
it.
Where would one find it if they were just setting up XP for the first time?
Is it assigned or do you make one up? Please help!!
 
Geoffrey said:
While trying to correct another problem, I'm booting up XP from CD-rom.
I'm trying to access the Restore Module which requests the
administrator's password. Where is it?? Is it on the XP sticker
attached to computer? If so, which number? Further difficulty is the
fact that I'm trying to help some one else who has know idea what their
password is, was or where to find it.
Where would one find it if they were just setting up XP for the first
time? Is it assigned or do you make one up? Please help!!
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1) Don't post in HTML

2) If someone hasn't set a password, it's blank. Just hit enter.
 
Geoffrey said:
While trying to correct another problem, I'm booting up XP from
CD-rom. I'm trying to access the Restore Module which requests the
administrator's password. Where is it?? Is it on the XP sticker
attached to computer? If so, which number? Further difficulty is
the fact that I'm trying to help some one else who has know idea
what their password is, was or where to find it.
Where would one find it if they were just setting up XP for the
first time? Is it assigned or do you make one up? Please help!!
Click to expand...


The password being requested is that of the built-in Administrator
account, not the password for any other administrative user accounts
that the computer's owner may have created. Unless the owner
deliberately set the Administrator's password via the Management
Console (_not_ the Control Panel), it's probably still blank. WinXP
Pro asks the installer to set the Administrator's password during
installation, but WinXP Home doesn't.

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Herb Fritatta said:
1) Don't post in HTML

2) If someone hasn't set a password, it's blank. Just hit enter.
Click to expand...
You say to just hit enter, but that cannot be so. I was going through the
same problem with my laptop (windows xp home) and i left the space blank and
hit enter. Hitting enter just exits you out of the recovery program and
reboots windows (Which is not helpful because you can't boot it in the first
place)
 
Ihavenoideawhattodowiththisrecoverything said:
You say to just hit enter, but that cannot be so. I was going through the
same problem with my laptop (windows xp home) and i left the space blank and
hit enter. Hitting enter just exits you out of the recovery program and
reboots windows (Which is not helpful because you can't boot it in the first
place)
Click to expand...

You were using some maker supplied restore program, *not* the recover
console obtained with R at the boot of a regular CD
 
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