Are you talking about the Password setting in the CMOS? If thats the one you can open up the Case, move the jumpers that are by the CMOS battery.> When I say "Move the jumpers", I mean remove them from the pins they are over, to any other set.. Power on the puter.. Shut down, & set the jumpers back where you found them... Power on the computer again, & it won't ask you for a password. I hope i was clear on what jumpers i'm talking about. Its on the motherboard, & usually around the battery.

If your talking about the password setting inside Windows, the above won't work.

Message Edited by call1 on 06-19-200608:55 PM

good to know how to get around the password. I guess I will still be stuck in my safe mode logging cycle though if I shouldent repair xp pro with xp home.

Any ideas how to get windows to load so i can uncheck the safe mode box in msconfig??

19cjs68,

No.  Download and create the Linux boot disk with the bd050303.zip file.  Blank the XP password on your daughter's computer.  Reboot with the XP Home CD.  Select R at the setup screen to get to recovery console.  Select 1 for the Windows installation.  Press Enter when asked for the password.  You should get to the C:\Windows prompt.  Type CD\ to get to the root directory.  Copy the boot.ini file to a floppy disk.  Edit the boot.ini file with Notepad on your computer.  Remove the /safeboot:minimal from the boot.ini file.  It should look similar to one of the following after editing:

boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect

or

boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect

When you finish editing the boot.ini file, copy it back to your daughter's C:\  directory.

You should now be able to boot your daughter's computer normally.

Let us know if you have any problems.  If you still have the recycle problem trying to boot in Safe Mode, that can most likely be fixed from Normal Mode.

Tony

Message Edited by tgsmith on 06-19-200610:47 PM

19cjs68,

Yes, you can get around the password.  Easiest way is to blank it.  Go to the following site:   http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bd050303.zip  Download the bd050303.zip file.  Unzip it and create the XP Password Removal boot diskette.   It's a Linux boot disk, so everything is in text.  Fairly easy to follow on-screen instructions to blank XP password.  Then use the XP CD to get to recovery console.  If you need help, we can walk you through manually editing the boot.ini file.

Do not attempt to repair XP Pro installation with XP Home CD.  Will create a big mess.

Tony

Message Edited by tgsmith on 06-19-200610:11 PM

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@19cjs68 wrote:

I tried to repair it with my xp home CD but her computer asks for a password. I dont have one, this computer was bought from a old friend. Can I get around the password?

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Leave the password blank and press Enter. If that doesn't work, then you need to blank the Administrator password with the Offline NT Password utility that Tony recommends.

Go here if you need detailed instructions on how to use the utility.

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@19cjs68 wrote:

good to know how to get around the password. I guess I will still be stuck in my safe mode logging cycle though if I shouldent repair xp pro with xp home.

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Tony's advice to edit the Boot.ini will fix the Safe Mode logging cycle. The purpose is to undo the "start/ msconfig/ bootini?/ check safe start/minimum" that you did.