I installed XP Home with no passwords. Now I used Partition Commander to move
it to another location on the hard drive. Now it is asking for a password to
login. Since I never assigned a password I don't know what to use. And I
even tried to boot up in safe mode but the same thing. What do I do now?

Chris

Hi Chris

Have you tried leaving the password blank?

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"GlassDentist" <GlassDentist@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B06B511E-1753-4F33-8F6C-6FEC511F66EA@microsoft.com...
>I installed XP Home with no passwords. Now I used Partition Commander to
>move
> it to another location on the hard drive. Now it is asking for a password
> to
> login. Since I never assigned a password I don't know what to use. And I
> even tried to boot up in safe mode but the same thing. What do I do now?
>
> Chris

"Will Denny" wrote:

> Hi Chris
>
> Have you tried leaving the password blank?
>
> --
>
>
> Will Denny
> MS MVP Windows Shell/User
> Please reply to the News Groups
>
> "GlassDentist" <GlassDentist@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B06B511E-1753-4F33-8F6C-6FEC511F66EA@microsoft.com...
> >I installed XP Home with no passwords. Now I used Partition Commander to
> >move
> > it to another location on the hard drive. Now it is asking for a password
> > to
> > login. Since I never assigned a password I don't know what to use. And I
> > even tried to boot up in safe mode but the same thing. What do I do now?
> >
> > Chris
>
>
> Yes I did try leaving it blank. I know that works with 98 by hitting the space bar or something but I can't get it to work with XP. I tried all the buttons including Enter, Del, Esc. It only brings me back to the login window.
I used to just hit the XP partition and everything logged in. I don't like
to login with passwords. I am the only user.

"GlassDentist" <GlassDentist@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C6B19B98-249F-4918-8FE4-F6AC4080F20E@microsoft.com...
>
>
> "Will Denny" wrote:
>
>> Hi Chris
>>
>> Have you tried leaving the password blank?
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Will Denny
>> MS MVP Windows Shell/User
>> Please reply to the News Groups
>>
>> "GlassDentist" <GlassDentist@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B06B511E-1753-4F33-8F6C-6FEC511F66EA@microsoft.com...
>> >I installed XP Home with no passwords. Now I used Partition Commander to
>> >move
>> > it to another location on the hard drive. Now it is asking for a
>> > password
>> > to
>> > login. Since I never assigned a password I don't know what to use. And
>> > I
>> > even tried to boot up in safe mode but the same thing. What do I do
>> > now?
>> >
>> > Chris
>>
>>
>> Yes I did try leaving it blank. I know that works with 98 by hitting the
>> space bar or something but I can't get it to work with XP. I tried all
>> the buttons including Enter, Del, Esc. It only brings me back to the
>> login window.
> I used to just hit the XP partition and everything logged in. I don't
> like
> to login with passwords. I am the only user.

Hi

Try a System Restore back to a point before the problem started.


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Will Denny
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
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> to login with passwords. I am the only user.
>
> Hi
>
> Try a System Restore back to a point before the problem started.
>
>
> --
>
>
> Will Denny
> MS MVP Windows Shell/User
> Please reply to the News Groups
>
>
> I can't get to system restore. I can't even get to safe mode. I can only get to the login screen and wants a password.

In news:B06B511E-1753-4F33-8F6C-6FEC511F66EA@microsoft.com,
GlassDentist <GlassDentist@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> I installed XP Home with no passwords. Now I used Partition Commander
> to move it to another location on the hard drive. Now it is asking
> for a password to login. Since I never assigned a password I don't
> know what to use. And I even tried to boot up in safe mode but the
> same thing. What do I do now?
>
> Chris

Kill the admin password:

Password Problems:
http://kgiii.info/windows/2k-XP/secu..._problems.html

As it's XP Home Edition you needn't even worry about EFS.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
Sherlock Holmes

Moved it to another partition?? Not C: anymore?? Or not active?? Or not a
primary partition??


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"GlassDentist" <GlassDentist@discussions.microsoft.com> kirjoitti
viestissä:B06B511E-1753-4F33-8F6C-6FEC511F66EA@microsoft.com...
>I installed XP Home with no passwords. Now I used Partition Commander to
>move
> it to another location on the hard drive. Now it is asking for a password
> to
> login. Since I never assigned a password I don't know what to use. And I
> even tried to boot up in safe mode but the same thing. What do I do now?
>
> Chris