Guest Wayne Posted August 27, 2008 Posted August 27, 2008 Ok, so i ran the windows installation disc on a new hard drive. I installed a new version of windows XP pro and go to where it asks to create user accounts. I clicked 'skip this step'. Upon bootup, it went to the windows logon screen asking for a password for windows with the Administrator account. I figured leaving it blank would work, no. Nor does any other possible default password I could think of. Come to find out, there is no default password for windows? Isn't this a catch-22? How am I supposed to log onto windows when I didn't even create user accounts? I don't have an option for boot in safe mode either. There is only F1 option for setup. Thanks, Wayne
Guest Doug W. Posted August 27, 2008 Posted August 27, 2008 Re: Windows Logon Help So why did you "skip this step"? Huh???Huh??? Asking for more troubles? - "Wayne" <Wayne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:80BC3773-ADC4-4B17-ADF6-C32C71A43EF0@microsoft.com... > Ok, so i ran the windows installation disc on a new hard > drive. I installed a > new version of windows XP pro and go to where it asks to > create user > accounts. I clicked 'skip this step'. Upon bootup, it went to > the windows > logon screen asking for a password for windows with the > Administrator > account. I figured leaving it blank would work, no. Nor does > any other > possible default password I could think of. Come to find out, > there is no > default password for windows? Isn't this a catch-22? How am I > supposed to log > onto windows when I didn't even create user accounts? > > > > I don't have an option for boot in safe mode either. There is > only F1 option > for setup. > > > > Thanks, > > Wayne >
Guest Anteaus Posted August 27, 2008 Posted August 27, 2008 RE: Windows Logon Help One option: http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/ Though you'll need a PC to make the disc on. At this stage repeating the install may be the simplest option. BTW, if the computer is single-user (as are most) I create a user called literally 'user' -this avoids all the problems which otherwise crop-up if the computer changes hands. "Wayne" wrote: > Ok, so i ran the windows installation disc on a new hard drive. I installed a > new version of windows XP pro and go to where it asks to create user > accounts. I clicked 'skip this step'. Upon bootup, it went to the windows > logon screen asking for a password for windows with the Administrator > account. I figured leaving it blank would work, no. Nor does any other > possible default password I could think of. Come to find out, there is no > default password for windows? Isn't this a catch-22? How am I supposed to log > onto windows when I didn't even create user accounts? > > > > I don't have an option for boot in safe mode either. There is only F1 option > for setup. > > > > Thanks, > > Wayne >
Guest Wayne Posted August 27, 2008 Posted August 27, 2008 RE: Windows Logon Help I can only sit here and laugh. Why have the option of skipping the step if it doesn't set a default password, or bypass the login all together? Does it fail that bad? So NT Password & Registery editor was a bad idea. It killed the drivers for my keyboard and mouse, which I come to find out is under the frequently asked questions. Yet, he does not have a solution. Ahhh, love it. So I took Hirens Boot CD 9.5 and erased partition with Ontrack Disk Manager. I am going to reinstall Windows and setup a user account I suppose. So can anyone answer the million dollar question, why is there not a default password for Windows Admin? Why couldn't it just be left blank? Wayne "Anteaus" wrote: > One option: > > http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/ > > Though you'll need a PC to make the disc on. At this stage repeating the > install may be the simplest option. BTW, if the computer is single-user (as > are most) I create a user called literally 'user' -this avoids all the > problems which otherwise crop-up if the computer changes hands. > > "Wayne" wrote: > > > Ok, so i ran the windows installation disc on a new hard drive. I installed a > > new version of windows XP pro and go to where it asks to create user > > accounts. I clicked 'skip this step'. Upon bootup, it went to the windows > > logon screen asking for a password for windows with the Administrator > > account. I figured leaving it blank would work, no. Nor does any other > > possible default password I could think of. Come to find out, there is no > > default password for windows? Isn't this a catch-22? How am I supposed to log > > onto windows when I didn't even create user accounts? > > > > > > > > I don't have an option for boot in safe mode either. There is only F1 option > > for setup. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Wayne > >
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