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Someone explain Win2k/WinXP repair mode.

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de8212

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Over the past week I have seen two cases in which I needed to try a Repair on windows rather than a re-install. One time it was 2kpro and one time it was XPpro.
When you put the OS disc in and boot from it and choose Repair (not the option that asks for the emergency disks, the other one), both times it took me to a place to enter an Administrator password. On both of these machines there is no admin password.
If you just hit enter, it just tries to boot normally. Doesn't look like any repairs are being attempted.
Should I try and make the "emergency disks"? Would I get the same result?
I am almost sure I have used this feature in win2k about two years ago and it helped restore some missing registry or dll files but it's not working for me now.
 
Originally posted by: de8212
Over the past week I have seen two cases in which I needed to try a Repair on windows rather than a re-install. One time it was 2kpro and one time it was XPpro.
When you put the OS disc in and boot from it and choose Repair (not the option that asks for the emergency disks, the other one), both times it took me to a place to enter an Administrator password. On both of these machines there is no admin password.
If you just hit enter, it just tries to boot normally. Doesn't look like any repairs are being attempted.
Should I try and make the "emergency disks"? Would I get the same result?
I am almost sure I have used this feature in win2k about two years ago and it helped restore some missing registry or dll files but it's not working for me now.
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First question - what's your admin password? What gives you the impression you have no administrator password?
 
Becasue I have never set an admin password. Is there something that 2k/XP uses as default? If not, I assume there is no password. But when i just leave the password blank and hit enter it does no do anything.
 
Originally posted by: de8212
Becasue I have never set an admin password. Is there something that 2k/XP uses as default? If not, I assume there is no password. But when i just leave the password blank and hit enter it does no do anything.
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So when you logged in before *by hitting ctrl-alt-delete* and keyed in "administrator" and pressed "enter" to log in, you were successfully logged in? If those were not the exact steps used to log in, it's still possible you've got a password for the administrator account. Try doing that (logging out of your current account, and then C-A-Delete, key in 'administrator' and confirm you can log in w/no PW).

Emergency disks won't help you with this.

Anyway, detail more about what you want to do and perhaps I can help.
 
Originally posted by: de8212
Over the past week I have seen two cases in which I needed to try a Repair on windows rather than a re-install. One time it was 2kpro and one time it was XPpro.
When you put the OS disc in and boot from it and choose Repair (not the option that asks for the emergency disks, the other one), both times it took me to a place to enter an Administrator password. On both of these machines there is no admin password.
If you just hit enter, it just tries to boot normally. Doesn't look like any repairs are being attempted.
Should I try and make the "emergency disks"? Would I get the same result?
I am almost sure I have used this feature in win2k about two years ago and it helped restore some missing registry or dll files but it's not working for me now.
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Sounds like your talking about the repair console. Are you positive your not at a prompt that actually says choose your os or return to reboot? It's easy to hit return there by accident and cause a reboot. I bad admin pw at the normal login would not cause a reboot (or it shouldn't)

Bill
 
I agree it sounds like your going in to the repair console which is the first repair option you see. You need to choose install WinXP/2000 like you would normally load it the first time and the next options will be to do a fresh install or repair an existing OS at which point you need your respective cd in the drive. It will then go through what looks like a complete installation but will retain your registry settings (damage dependant).
 
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