No Boot Windows XP, 2.8Ghz desktop

My computer is an Intel based 2.8GHZ built by a local shop, which I have
used for ten years.

I can get to the boot sequence, but not safe mode.

I looked at some free PW recovery tools and downloaded 1 and when it is
excuted it also saqys that there is no PW for Administrator, yet it keeps on
asking for one and does not allow me to continue.

I even did a Windows XP Pro Repair job and again it asks me for an
Admistrator PW.

I have installed for many peole Windows XP but never had this problem.


"Maurice N ~ MVP" wrote in message
...
Ritter197,
Do see my other note.

This info would likely be from your BIOS post startup. Is that true?

The thing about getting to bootup options... you want to catch it after
the BIOS post, and before Windows begins to load.

What is make/model & how does your manufacturer sepecify the
bootup-option key?

--
Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
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"Ritter197" wrote
I should have mentioned what I see:

AMIBIOS 2003 American Megatrends Inc
ASUS P4p800 ACPI BIOS Rev 1012
CPU Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.800 GHZ
Speed 2.8 GHZ
Press Del to run Setup
Press F8 for BBS Popup
DDR Frequency 400 MHZ Dual Channel, Linear mode
Cecking NVRAM


and that is where it hangs!

Have you tries Tabbing thru the password??
peterk

--
Never trust a computer you can't throw out the window. - Steve Wozniak
wrote in message
...
My computer is an Intel based 2.8GHZ built by a local shop, which I have
used for ten years.

I can get to the boot sequence, but not safe mode.

I looked at some free PW recovery tools and downloaded 1 and when it is
excuted it also saqys that there is no PW for Administrator, yet it keeps
on asking for one and does not allow me to continue.

I even did a Windows XP Pro Repair job and again it asks me for an
Admistrator PW.

I have installed for many peole Windows XP but never had this problem.


"Maurice N ~ MVP" wrote in message
...
Ritter197,
Do see my other note.

This info would likely be from your BIOS post startup. Is that true?

The thing about getting to bootup options... you want to catch it after
the BIOS post, and before Windows begins to load.

What is make/model & how does your manufacturer sepecify the
bootup-option key?

--
Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
---

"Ritter197" wrote
I should have mentioned what I see:

AMIBIOS 2003 American Megatrends Inc
ASUS P4p800 ACPI BIOS Rev 1012
CPU Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.800 GHZ
Speed 2.8 GHZ
Press Del to run Setup
Press F8 for BBS Popup
DDR Frequency 400 MHZ Dual Channel, Linear mode
Cecking NVRAM


and that is where it hangs!

NO, I did not try tabbing, but about everything else.
I finally re-installed Windows XP PRO from scratch, lost many settings and
many documewnts, because Repair I tried twice and it always kept again
asking for the Administrator's PW.

So, now I am installing most applications again, but I am running.

EVERYTHING I used said I had no PW in Administrator's action, but I could
not overwrite the request for PW. VERY frustating.

"peterk" wrote in message
...
Have you tries Tabbing thru the password??
peterk

--
Never trust a computer you can't throw out the window. - Steve Wozniak
wrote in message
...
My computer is an Intel based 2.8GHZ built by a local shop, which I have
used for ten years.

I can get to the boot sequence, but not safe mode.

I looked at some free PW recovery tools and downloaded 1 and when it is
excuted it also saqys that there is no PW for Administrator, yet it keeps
on asking for one and does not allow me to continue.

I even did a Windows XP Pro Repair job and again it asks me for an
Admistrator PW.

I have installed for many peole Windows XP but never had this problem.


"Maurice N ~ MVP" wrote in message
...
Ritter197,
Do see my other note.

This info would likely be from your BIOS post startup. Is that true?

The thing about getting to bootup options... you want to catch it after
the BIOS post, and before Windows begins to load.

What is make/model & how does your manufacturer sepecify the
bootup-option key?

--
Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
---

"Ritter197" wrote
I should have mentioned what I see:

AMIBIOS 2003 American Megatrends Inc
ASUS P4p800 ACPI BIOS Rev 1012
CPU Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.800 GHZ
Speed 2.8 GHZ
Press Del to run Setup
Press F8 for BBS Popup
DDR Frequency 400 MHZ Dual Channel, Linear mode
Cecking NVRAM


and that is where it hangs!

It's late now....... Pressing the Enter-key should have worked.

--=20
Maurice N=20
MVP Windows - Shell / User=20
-----

" wrote=20
NO, I did not try tabbing, but about everything else.
I finally re-installed Windows XP PRO from scratch, lost many settings =
and=20
many documewnts, because Repair I tried twice and it always kept again =

asking for the Administrator's PW.
=20
So, now I am installing most applications again, but I am running.
=20
EVERYTHING I used said I had no PW in Administrator's action, but I =
could=20
not overwrite the request for PW. VERY frustating.
=20
"peterk" wrote in message=20
...
Have you tries Tabbing thru the password??
peterk

--=20
Never trust a computer you can't throw out the window. - Steve =
Wozniak

NO,NO, NO - THAT I have tried many, many times. That did NOT work at all.
Sorry.
I wished it had been that simple.

"Maurice N ~ MVP" wrote in message
...
It's late now....... Pressing the Enter-key should have worked.

--
Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
-----

" wrote
NO, I did not try tabbing, but about everything else.
I finally re-installed Windows XP PRO from scratch, lost many settings and
many documewnts, because Repair I tried twice and it always kept again
asking for the Administrator's PW.

So, now I am installing most applications again, but I am running.

EVERYTHING I used said I had no PW in Administrator's action, but I could
not overwrite the request for PW. VERY frustating.

"peterk" wrote in message
...
Have you tries Tabbing thru the password??
peterk

--
Never trust a computer you can't throw out the window. - Steve Wozniak

Tab did not work either ?

Whatever the case in the past, assuming you are the pc owner, login to =
Windows with "Administrator" as the login account.
Be sure you it has a password now. Write it down & save to a safe =
place. Do not use "Administrator" as your day-to-day login.

In Help and Support, look up (using search box) "Create a password reset =
disk", and "Protecting your passwords".

--=20
Maurice N=20
MVP Windows - Shell / User=20
-----

" wrote=20
NO,NO, NO - THAT I have tried many, many times. That did NOT work at =
all.
Sorry.
I wished it had been that simple.
=20
"Maurice N ~ MVP" wrote in message=20
...
It's late now....... Pressing the Enter-key should have worked.
=20
--=20
Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
-----
=20
" wrote
NO, I did not try tabbing, but about everything else.
I finally re-installed Windows XP PRO from scratch, lost many =
settings and
many documewnts, because Repair I tried twice and it always kept =
again
asking for the Administrator's PW.

So, now I am installing most applications again, but I am running.

EVERYTHING I used said I had no PW in Administrator's action, but I =
could
not overwrite the request for PW. VERY frustating.

"peterk" wrote in message
...
Have you tries Tabbing thru the password??
peterk

Thanks, Maurice.

I am familiar with Administrator and since I am the only one using the
computer and no kids around, I always found it OK to use NO PW. All
downloaded tools said that there were no PW's for Administrator. SO -- there
was something wrong in Windows XP.

Right? It should have never frozen me at the same request for PW and Windows
XP Repair also did not work, that is, it worked fine , BUT it again came to
the Administrator login and asked for PW. So eventually I had to do a
complete new installation.

I have for many other programs ID's and PW's so I am familiar with them. But
what happened this time has NEVER happened to me before during many
installations of Windows XP and Pro.


"Maurice N ~ MVP" wrote in message
...
Tab did not work either ?

Whatever the case in the past, assuming you are the pc owner, login to
Windows with "Administrator" as the login account.
Be sure you it has a password now. Write it down & save to a safe place.
Do not use "Administrator" as your day-to-day login.

In Help and Support, look up (using search box) "Create a password reset
disk", and "Protecting your passwords".

--
Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
-----

" wrote
NO,NO, NO - THAT I have tried many, many times. That did NOT work at all.
Sorry.
I wished it had been that simple.

"Maurice N ~ MVP" wrote in message
...
It's late now....... Pressing the Enter-key should have worked.

--
Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
-----

" wrote
NO, I did not try tabbing, but about everything else.
I finally re-installed Windows XP PRO from scratch, lost many settings
and
many documewnts, because Repair I tried twice and it always kept again
asking for the Administrator's PW.

So, now I am installing most applications again, but I am running.

EVERYTHING I used said I had no PW in Administrator's action, but I could
not overwrite the request for PW. VERY frustating.

"peterk" wrote in message
...
Have you tries Tabbing thru the password??
peterk

wrote:

NO, I did not try tabbing, but about everything else.
I finally re-installed Windows XP PRO from scratch, lost many settings and
many documewnts, because Repair I tried twice and it always kept again
asking for the Administrator's PW.

So, now I am installing most applications again, but I am running.

EVERYTHING I used said I had no PW in Administrator's action, but I could
not overwrite the request for PW. VERY frustating.

Next time make sure you have a full and complete backup. Then you won't
lose anything.

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

Was the original XP setup pre-installed at the factory or by an OEM? =
And then if a repair was attempted before, it may have added further to =
the password situation.

Suggest you keep layers of defense. Keep offline backups. And use disk =
imaging utilities (saving to CD/DVD).

Save copies of your registry.
There's a highly recommended free tool to backup your Win XP registry. =
Lars Hederer's ERUNT.
Aumha.org is an official mirror site for this tool. See this page at =
Aumha
http://aumha.org/freeware/freeware.php#erunt
--=20
Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
-----

wrote:
Thanks, Maurice.
=20
I am familiar with Administrator and since I am the only one using the
computer and no kids around, I always found it OK to use NO PW. All
downloaded tools said that there were no PW's for Administrator. SO
-- there was something wrong in Windows XP.
=20
Right? It should have never frozen me at the same request for PW and
Windows XP Repair also did not work, that is, it worked fine , BUT it
again came to the Administrator login and asked for PW. So eventually
I had to do a complete new installation.
=20
I have for many other programs ID's and PW's so I am familiar with
them. But what happened this time has NEVER happened to me before
during many installations of Windows XP and Pro.
=20