help with windows xp repair needed

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matt

Does anyone know why when I try to enter my administrator
password in windows repair it won't accept it? What
password does it want?
 
If you are referring to the Recovery Console then you are dealing with the
Administrator account. This is not the same account that you use to logon to
Windows XP. The account you use to logon is a separate account.

The confusion comes because we normally refer to an account that has
Administrator privileges as an 'administrator account.' To put it another
way, an administrator account (small 'a') is separate from the Administrator
account (capital 'A').

If I haven't lost you by now, then you can understand why the password for
your account won't work with the Administrator account: they're two
different accounts. The Administrator account is normally hidden in the Home
edition of Windows XP and it has a blank password. You can assign a password
to the Administator account, but in the Home environment that shouldn't be
necessary and, anyway, it's not a good idea because if you forget that
password you're in big trouble.

So, the short answer to your question is: When the Revovery Console asks for
a password, just hit Enter.

Tom Swift
 
Ok I think I need to be more specific. Basically my
computer has been shutting down and restarting on its
own. It doesn't have a set time it just happens
whenever. I talked to a guy at the computer store who
told me to run windows xp repair from the oem xp disc. I
did like you said and just hit enter after it asks for
password, but then all it did was show a command prompt.
There was a list of choices but no repair choice which is
what I am trying to do. What should I do?
 
Ok I think I need to be more specific. Basically my
computer has been shutting down and restarting on its
own. It doesn't have a set time it just happens
whenever. I talked to a guy at the computer store who
told me to run windows xp repair from the oem xp disc. I
did like you said and just hit enter after it asks for
password, but then all it did was show a command prompt.
There was a list of choices but no repair choice which is
what I am trying to do. What should I do?
 
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