user name and password after reinstalling OS

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eagerinsight

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• Oct 26, 2005

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My old HDD crashed, so I bought a new one and installed XP. After installation the computer restarted and a log in window popped up? I haven't created any usernames or passwords yet. Is there anyway past this? It has my user name set as administrator, but I don't know the password. What should I do? I pushed enter and it says "unable to log you on because of an account restriction"

 

fiji

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• Oct 26, 2005

• #2

reformat and try again

that shouldn't happen

really if its a clean install i mean it will take you like an hourlonger max

 

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eagerinsight

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• Oct 26, 2005

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reinstalled and reinstall and reinstalled and still have same issue?

 

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Xoligy

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• Oct 26, 2005

• #4

yea that happened to me once just reinstall and hopefully all will be fine it was with me

 

Yuriman

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• Oct 26, 2005

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Are you changing any settings durring the install?

 

HaTE

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• Oct 26, 2005

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during the install dose it ask for a password for the administrator account? if so use that password

 

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Xoligy

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• Oct 26, 2005

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when it happend to me it missed ot the admin username and pass dont know how lol used a cd everytime *scratches head

 

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• Oct 26, 2005

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Are you doing a full format? Sounds like a repair install gone wrong.