Hi As far as I know she is using the Window XP Home Edition. Jackie ----- Original Message ----- From: pchelp To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2001 4:52 AM Subject: [pchelpers] Re: need help with Windows XP password Are you using XPPro or XPhome? Usually the password is the name/or password of the one loading the OS. It could be blank. Call the company that built your machine. Under Microsoft rules, whoever builds the machine is supposed to support windows. Robert McLellan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie MacWhirter" <jmacwhirter@xxxxxxxxx> To: "PCHELPERS" <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 11:31 PM Subject: [pchelpers] need help with Windows XP password > > Hi Folks I am asking for some help for a friend of mine ---she installed > this antivirus it crashed her computer she has a question about the password > in window xp-- in repair below - will you please answer her question I > am running window 2000 pro. Thanks-- Jackie > > > I had installed an anti-virus program from Panda Software (Titanium) which > was hailed by PC Magazine as one of the best applications of this type being > used. It apparently has the ability to detect viruses which go undetected by > Norton and McAffee, and is the product of choice by pc users in Europe > where, I'm told, they have more viruses to deal with than we do. > > > > If, for example, you have Windows XP CD in the drive, and press any key to > load from CD, there is an option to REPAIR the Windows installation, and > there is reference to Restore Console. It will bring up a menu with a number > followed by the name of the Operating System. Pressing that number brings > you to a prompt where you are supposed to enter a password (administrator). > I'd like to know what that password is. > > When I boot the system, I do not login. It's a straight shot loading Windows > and then seeing my Windows desktop icons, etc. > > ANy ideas???? > > _________________________________________ > Jackie MacWhirter > ICQ#:19728235 > Current ICQ status: > > SMS: (Send an SMS message to my ICQ): +278314219728235 > More ways to contact me: http://wwp.icq.com/19728235 > _________________________________________ > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.310 / Virus Database: 171 - Release Date: 12/19/2001 > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.310 / Virus Database: 171 - Release Date: 12/19/2001