From: "Robert Comer" 

You need a WInXP home CD with SP1 slipstreamed into it, there was a
password hashing problem /difference between GA and SP1.

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Bob Comer


"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
news:43b35949$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Tried that, got a strange situation.  When booting the Recovery console,
> and asking for the Administrator PW, when entered, I get "incorrect
> password", and I'm not allowed in.
>
> I even booted into safe mode, logged into the Administrator account, and
> reset the password to something else, but the Recovery Console still says
> the Password is incorrect.  The OS is XP-Home, using and XP-Pro install
> CD. Incompatible???
>
> --
>
> Glenn M.
> "Gregg N"  wrote in message
> news:43b35847$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Glenn Meadows wrote:
>>> I'm seriously thinking of removing the HD, strapping it in as a second
>>> drive on another system, and deleteing the file from a different booted
>>> system. Thoughts on that approach?
>>>
>>>
>> Just use a bootable CD that gives you access to a command prompt. I think
>> you can use the XP installation CD for this purpose.
>>
>> Gregg
>
>

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