windows password for accessing network services

[rookie1010]

Hi,

I am using windows xp on my home machine and dont have any accounts qith passwords on this machine. i dont have an aministrator account as such and all the accounts are administrator accounts.

i tried the following command at the DOS prompt

runas /u:administrator "net start npf"

and i am being prompted for a password. what password should i enter there, since i dont have an account with a password.

i tried to assign myself a password and use that but that does not work either, instead i get the message

"Attempting to start net start npf as user "COMP\administrator" ...
RUNAS ERROR:Unable to run - net start npf
1326: Logon failure: unknown user name of bad password"

can you guys help me with this password issue.

 

[stash]

Er, what are you trying to do, start the npf service? Just run "net start npf", no reason to do a runas if all the accounts on the box are admins.

 

[rookie1010]

thanks dude

i guess if i was running as a guest, then i would have to run the process as a an administrator, but would i not have been logged in as an administrator in the first plkace.

dont understand thew use case