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recovery console pwds
Name: ken Date: November 21, 2003 at 00:29:39 Pacific OS: xp pro CPU/Ram: 128/500mgz
Comment:
Ok heres the thing, i would like to know how to reset passwords in the recovery console. Because im on a system i havent used in months and dont remember the codes, im in a cheap power users account. So no admin privs for me unless i can change my admin password
Name: Hooner Date: November 21, 2003 at 00:36:21 Pacific
Reply:
Straight from Microsoft:
"If you have not created a password reset disk and you have also forgotten the password for all user accounts, you cannot log on to your existing Windows installation for security reasons. In this case, you must perform a "clean" installation of Windows XP, re-create all user accounts, and reinstall all of your programs."
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Response Number 2
Name: Hooner Date: November 21, 2003 at 00:39:14 Pacific
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If you don't have file encrypting enabled, you could perform a parallel installation of Xp on another partition, and access your documents from there.
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Response Number 3
Name: XpUser Date: November 21, 2003 at 04:10:57 Pacific
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Ken - How about this from http://www.theeldergeek.com/recovery_console.htm
Recovery Console Password
On many XP installations you can't start the Recovery Console because it won't recognize your password. This registry edit causes the Recovery Console not to ask for a password. This works for both XP Home and XP Professional.
Start > Run > Regedit Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Setup\RecoveryConsole Set the DWORD SecurityLevel value to 1 Exit Registry and Reboot
Hope this helps
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Response Number 4
Name: Hooner Date: November 21, 2003 at 06:55:06 Pacific
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Lol, how the hell's he supposed to use Regedit or similar when he can't even get to the desktop?
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