He doesn't need to clear the password, as I've already pointed out this is
not the issue. The login/logout behavior is caused by a damaged userinit
value, not a bad password. If the password were the problem, the system
would not begin to login at all.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Dixonian69" <Dixonian69@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9D6CD529-B7C5-4D61-A7F6-07AFA9AA84DE@microsoft.com...
> Since you started a new thread, you probably didn't see or read my reply!!
> How about logging into safe mode option menu and
> 1) Last Known Good Configuration OR
> 2) Regular Safe mode and running system restore?
> 3) If not regular safe mode, then safe mode w/command prompt only?
>
> See if "Administrator" account works?
> The "Administrator" account password is usually blank (ie no password)!
>
> Once in Safe mode you can repair the other her user login!!
>
> Well, I'm surprised. You are following both threads!!
> So why start a new, though?
>
> "Mark" wrote:
>
>> I posted earlier about Windows Updates screwing up and not accepting
>> any passwords (it would login and then quickly log out). Good News: I
>> was able to get the Recovery Console to give us access to the disk. We
>> can see C and D drives and all files are there.
>>
>> Is there a way to clobber/reset passwords from the command prompt?
>>
>> Our first instinct was to stick a USB Drive in and copy stuff, but the
>> USB drivers don't appear to be there on the recovery console.
>>
>>