Password required but no password?

[pjruiz(nospaam)]

I'm trying to open the Recovery Console to cure an SP2 restart problem
in XP Home as per MS article 875350. The Recovery Console is requiring a
password, but I had not been using a password before the failure. I've
tried every password I have ever used. I'm using an XP Pro disk to boot
up the Console since my Toshiba laptop did not ship with an XP install
disk. The Toshiba disks that I have want to reformat and reload all the
programs to the original state. Please help.

Paul

 

[Bryan Martin]

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308402

Bryan Martin
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[Andy]

Do you have to install the RC before using it? If you do
not need a pwd logging intowindows, you don't need one for
the RC.

 

[Bryan Martin]

Thats not quite true Andy. XP had a bug where no matter what you used for a
password RC would not let you in.

 

[pjruiz(nospaam)]

That seems to be right. Instructions in MS article say just hit enter if
there was no password, but I get an "Incorrect Password" message. Could
this be because I'm using an old XP disk? You did say XP "had" a bug.

Paul

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I'm trying to open the Recovery Console to cure an SP2 restart
problem
in XP Home as per MS article 875350. The Recovery Console is
requiring a password, but I had not been using a password before the
failure. I've tried every password I have ever used. I'm using an XP
Pro disk to boot up the Console since my Toshiba laptop did not ship
with an XP install disk. The Toshiba disks that I have want to
reformat and reload all the programs to the original state. Please
help.
Paul

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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[pjruiz(nospaam)]

I see. So, is obtaining an XP Home disk to boot up the only way for me
to open the Recovery Console?

Paul