Reboot your machine.

Press F8 before the Windows boot screen appears.

Do not press F5 as used on the NT/9x series of Windows.

You will be be prompted with a boot options menu.

Select the Start Windows in Safe Mode option.

Click through several self-explanatory screens until your reach the familiar 'Welcome' screen.

Note that this welcome screen is limited to 256 colors and 640x480 resolution because the primary graphics will have been set to the Windows Safe Mode software VGA adapter. You will not be able to change this mode even in Display options, while Windows is running in Safe Mode.

Find the icon for the Administrator user. If the default settings of your system haven't been changed, there should be no password for this account.

The Safe Mode Welcome screen might display some of the other users on your system.

Login as the admin.

Press Yes at the prompt asking if you would like to continue using Safe Mode.

Continue on to the User Settings control panel. Here you can change any of the other passwords for user on the machine. Make any changes you want.

Reboot your computer. As long as you don't press any keys (i.e. F8) during the boot-up the computer will startup normally.

Login as the user for which you set the password.

I have a user whose computer won't boot into safe mode. Still want to use the recovery console. Now what?

Reset the admin password with a program like ERD Commander then proceed to the repair console.

I too have dell computer that i don't remember the password for the users and setup password. it will not bot the from the floppy or a cd. i have tried too everything. any suggestions....

Can someone please help me
my pc wont let me log on its crazing me and im going to chuck it out the window!!!! all help gratefully received

I have a dell PC with the checksum blue screen error. Trying to recover Windows from recivery CD prompts for type 1 for C: which I did. BUT then it asks for Admin pwd. I have a Admin user account, but it does not like the password. I never had a poweron password. I cant get to the PF8 safemode screen either. My goal here is to recover files from my desktop... which I cannot access to if I use the original HD as a slave drive. I need to be able to boot up using original HD with original settings. Suggestions welcome. Snoop Dogg.

I was deleting registry values and corrupted the system32/software registry hive. Recovery console also was asking me for a password which I didn't have. Egad, this worked for me... I was trying to run the recovery console with a XP SP1 setup disk. When I used a XP SP2 setup disk to enter the recovery console, it also asked for a password. I left it blank and hit enter and SCORE, I was in the recovery console and was able to fix my registry problem. Hope it works for you, good luck!!!

1. Place your Windows XP CD in your cd-rom and start your computer (it�s assumed here that your XP CD is bootable � as it should be - and that you have your bios set to boot from CD)

2. Keep your eye on the screen messages for booting to your cd Typically, it will be �Press any key to boot from cd�

3. Once you get in, the first screen will indicate that Setup is inspecting your system and loading files.

4. When you get to the Welcome to Setup screen, press ENTER to Setup Windows now

5. The Licensing Agreement comes next - Press F8 to accept it.

6. The next screen is the Setup screen which gives you the option to do a Repair.

It should read something like �If one of the following Windows XP installations is damaged, Setup can try to repair it�

Use the up and down arrow keys to select your XP installation (if you only have one, it should already be selected) and press R to begin the Repair process.

7. Let the Repair run. Setup will now check your disks and then start copying files which can take several minutes.

8. Shortly after the Copying Files stage, you will be required to reboot. (this will happen automatically � you will see a progress bar stating �Your computer will reboot in 15 seconds�

9. During the reboot, do not make the mistake of �pressing any key� to boot from the CD again! Setup will resume automatically with the standard billboard screens and you will notice Installing Windows is highlighted.

10. Keep your eye on the lower left hand side of the screen and when you see the Installing Devices progress bar, press SHIFT + F10. This is the security hole! A command console will now open up giving you the potential for wide access to your system.

11. At the prompt, type NUSRMGR.CPL and press Enter. Voila! You have just gained graphical access to your User Accounts in the Control Panel.

12. Now simply pick the account you need to change and remove or change your password as you prefer. If you want to log on without having to enter your new password, you can type control userpasswords2 at the prompt and choose to log on without being asked for password. After you�ve made your changes close the windows, exit the command box and continue on with the Repair (have your Product key handy).

I had the same problem--found out that when asked for password hit enter and select 1 (c:\windows).

yaz

Hi.i think u are madddd.becoz if your windows xp crased and unable to boot to the desktop what u can do is put the cd and boot from the windows xp cd and insted of going in recovery console press enter.press f8 to accept the licence and aggrement and now u will get an option to press r to repair windows .press r and the repair of windows will be started. and the best part u will loose noting .put your product key and every thing works fine...trust me i have worked for microsoft for 2 yrs

HI

Use ERD Command Editor, which is a 55MB software download from the below link
http://rapidshare.com/files/113560492/ERD.Commander.2008.CrO­wN.rar
and the password for the RAR archive is "munda"
It is an image file(ISO).
Burn on to a disk and reboot ur system.

It appears as ur windows xp.....

goto start -> system tools->lock smith....

From here u can change ur admin passwords.

You said that yu are purchasing a tablet pc from e bay and it has a password .in this case what you can do is you can start the comp[uter and as soon as you start the computer keep taping the f8 on the key board you will get the advanced boot option i.e

safe mode
safe mode with networking
safe mode with command prompt
last known good configration etc

select safe mode and hit enter
now you will be on windows logon screen that will have 2 or more then 2 user accounts try selection ADMINISTRATOR if logs in its wwll and good but if asks for a password try logiing in to different account

senario 1-- IF YOU ARE ABLE TO LOG IN SAFE MODE TRY THIS STEPS

1- CLICK ON START
2-RIGHT CLIK ON THE MY COMPUTER ICON
3-CLICK ON MANAGE
4-YOU WILL GET A SCREEN "COMPUTER MANAGEMENT"
5-UNDE COMP MANAGEMENT CLICK ON THE + SIGN OF LOCAL USER AND GROPS
5-UNDER LOCAL USER AND GROPS CLICK ON USERS
6-ON THE RIGH HAND SIDE U WILL SEE ADMINISTRATOR AND YOUR USER ACCOUNTS NAME
7-RIGHT CLICK ON ADMINISTRATOR AND CLICK ON SET PASSWORD
8-SET PASSWORD ACCOURDING TO YOUR CONVINIENCE
9-CLIK ON OK
10-RESTART THE COMPUTER



SENARIO 2--- UNABLE TO BOOT UP IN SAFE MODE

1-IN THIS CASE WE HAVE TO DO A REPAIR INSTALL OR A CLEAN FORMAT AND WE NEED THE WINDOWS XP TABLET EDITION PC.