forgot my password, needed to use recovery console |
Need a geek? Geeks to Go offers free, quality tech support -- in terms anyone can understand. Volunteers are waiting to help, friendly, technology experts who have knowledge to share, and enjoy helping others. Feel free to browse the site as a guest. However, you must log in to reply to existing topics, or to start a new topic of your own. Other benefits of joining include richer forum features, and removal of all advertising. Learn more in our Welcome Guide Infected? Malware and Spyware Cleaning Guide. What are you waiting for? Click here to join for free today!
|
|
 Dec 21 2006, 07:33 AM
Post
#1
|
|
|
Member  Posts: 90 From: spain OS: windows xp pro  |
hello all, ive recently had a problem with my girlfriends laptop, it has shut down when i switch on it gets to the windows page and the reboots after that in asks if i want to run windows with 30 seconds next to it to except, the error code is 0x00000024, wich i have looked up on the net and more or less know what needs to be done, so i have opend the recovery console and chhosen to repair then i have chosen c/windows system now it is asking me for the admin password which low and behold my lovely girlfriend has forgotton! any ideas how i can carry on repairing the system and by passing the password or extracting the passwrod so i can carry on. any help would be much appriciated cheers
|
 |
 
|
 |
Replies
|
Dec 21 2006, 07:07 PM
Post
#2
|
|
 Tech Administrator  Posts: 15,788 From: Bozeman, Montana, USA OS: Windows 95, 98, 98SE, ME, Windows XP, Vista Ultimate x64, Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7600 x64 
|
See if you can get it to look in C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386
|
|
|
|
Posts in this topic
girryman forgot my password, needed to use recovery console Dec 21 2006, 07:33 AM
girryman ok sorry about that i was having a dumb moment i d... Dec 21 2006, 07:57 AM Keith If it is recent
Items in blue which are underline... Dec 21 2006, 08:00 AM girryman thanks for your info keith much appriciated, only ... Dec 21 2006, 08:12 AM girryman ok tried your links were a great help but unfortun... Dec 21 2006, 08:44 AM Keith First screen press enter
Then Press F8
Then Pres... Dec 21 2006, 08:46 AM girryman ok no luck. i have
c: partition1 (ntfs) 5723... Dec 21 2006, 08:51 AM Keith At which point does it differ and not follow enter... Dec 21 2006, 08:54 AM girryman it differs after f8 which is the the second window... Dec 21 2006, 08:57 AM Keith Try here
http://support.microsoft.com/default.asp... Dec 21 2006, 09:13 AM girryman thanks, ive had a look through it and its warning ... Dec 21 2006, 09:22 AM Keith Did you try safe mode with command prompt, wholly ... Dec 21 2006, 09:27 AM girryman ive just quit to start from the beggining and its ... Dec 21 2006, 09:37 AM Keith Let that run, see how it is Dec 21 2006, 09:40 AM girryman ok will let it run for another 5 min and post back... Dec 21 2006, 09:43 AM Keith You can run check disk from recovery console next
... Dec 21 2006, 09:48 AM girryman ok some new thing has just come up: stop c0000135 ... Dec 21 2006, 09:57 AM Keith You are probably looking at step 6 and beyond from... Dec 21 2006, 10:00 AM girryman ok have gone through the instructions from the pag... Dec 21 2006, 10:42 AM girryman oppps sorry i must be a little hastey, its going a... Dec 21 2006, 10:44 AM Keith Check Disk does hang, even shows lower % - probabl... Dec 21 2006, 10:45 AM Keith A couple of hours can be usual Dec 21 2006, 10:48 AM girryman just finished the chkdsk /r and restaryed the comp... Dec 21 2006, 12:00 PM Keith When you did the bits from post 2 did you use C to... Dec 21 2006, 12:23 PM girryman just got in from work! i used d as that is whe... Dec 21 2006, 04:30 PM Keith Unfortunately not, am wondering why it said the pa... Dec 21 2006, 04:34 PM girryman ive typed cd system32, next ren kernel32.dll kerne... Dec 21 2006, 04:53 PM Keith Unless it is fussy about the commas
I will ask so... Dec 21 2006, 05:00 PM girryman i typed comma here but when typing in the command ... Dec 21 2006, 05:19 PM wannabe1 Hi girryman...
I don't think replacing the ke... Dec 21 2006, 05:33 PM girryman yes that would be great thanks for your reply Dec 21 2006, 05:34 PM wannabe1 Waaaaay back in post #5, you were at a menu listin... Dec 21 2006, 05:47 PM girryman just getting there it could take a couple of min t... Dec 21 2006, 05:53 PM wannabe1 Take your time...we'll just take it a step at ... Dec 21 2006, 05:55 PM girryman ok ive got mmore or less to where you said but all... Dec 21 2006, 06:04 PM wannabe1 The chkdsk must have helped...
Choose "to ... Dec 21 2006, 06:09 PM girryman must have done lol, somethings going my way today.... Dec 21 2006, 06:15 PM wannabe1 Merry Christmas to you, too. Always glad to lend ... Dec 21 2006, 06:17 PM girryman just one last question(if all goes well) will i lo... Dec 21 2006, 06:40 PM wannabe1 Your documents should be fine. You will have to i... Dec 21 2006, 06:48 PM girryman ive just got error of copy
the instalation program... Dec 21 2006, 06:54 PM girryman in the bar below i gave
cope the archive from
D/I... Dec 21 2006, 06:55 PM wannabe1 Does your cd include SP2? Or is it an older versi... Dec 21 2006, 06:58 PM girryman YES, and i thought it was all over lol Dec 21 2006, 07:00 PM wannabe1 Tell it to retry Dec 21 2006, 07:02 PM girryman first there is
D:/1386 with arrow to open bo... Dec 21 2006, 07:02 PM girryman ok im in (look in archive) windowsi cant see servi... Dec 21 2006, 07:13 PM wannabe1 You're in the Windows folder...the ServicePack... Dec 21 2006, 07:21 PM girryman ok thanks im looking but cant see it any where Dec 21 2006, 07:25 PM Keith Hidden / protected system files? Dec 21 2006, 07:30 PM wannabe1 Look in the System32 folder for clbcatq.dll Dec 21 2006, 07:31 PM girryman im in system32 and there are lots of folders in th... Dec 21 2006, 07:34 PM wannabe1 It should be just in the system32 folder....somewh... Dec 21 2006, 07:39 PM girryman ive been through all folders and sub folders and n... Dec 21 2006, 07:51 PM Keith Click tools, folder options, view, untick hide ext... Dec 21 2006, 07:59 PM wannabe1 Do you have a floppy drive on both machines?
Or a... Dec 21 2006, 08:01 PM Keith Couldn't see it before but it is there, hidden... Dec 21 2006, 08:05 PM girryman i burnt to cd and put it in the laptop, looked for... Dec 21 2006, 08:11 PM wannabe1 This is getting wierd...
Let's do a parallel ... Dec 21 2006, 08:16 PM girryman room on my pc or the laptop? on mine no problom Dec 21 2006, 08:18 PM wannabe1 On the laptop.
We can install windows on the same... Dec 21 2006, 08:25 PM girryman sounds good to me Dec 21 2006, 08:29 PM girryman how do i go about doing this? Dec 21 2006, 08:31 PM wannabe1 Ok...back out of the current repair. At the point... Dec 21 2006, 08:38 PM girryman ok now maybe im in trouble. the screen i was in wh... Dec 21 2006, 08:44 PM wannabe1 Yes... Dec 21 2006, 08:47 PM girryman ok we are shut down and rebooting from disk i will... Dec 21 2006, 08:50 PM girryman ok i have to insttal windows in the partion select... Dec 21 2006, 08:55 PM wannabe1 Select the C: Partition and press Enter
The next ... Dec 21 2006, 09:00 PM girryman yes i have as follows
format the partition using t... Dec 21 2006, 09:05 PM wannabe1 Choose the last one, "leave the system of act... Dec 21 2006, 09:08 PM girryman yes
to use a folder and eleminate the existing ... Dec 21 2006, 09:11 PM wannabe1 Press Esc
When asked to name the folder, type 0 (... Dec 21 2006, 09:14 PM girryman ok its strutting its stuff lol Dec 21 2006, 09:15 PM girryman ps sorry for all the bad spelling its 4am here and... Dec 21 2006, 09:20 PM wannabe1 We have guys here who pride themselves for their t... Dec 21 2006, 09:23 PM girryman ok its copied the files rebooted and is now instal... Dec 21 2006, 09:29 PM wannabe1 Don't setup the new installation with exactly ... Dec 21 2006, 09:36 PM girryman ok thanks. its getting there and so´s the smile on... Dec 21 2006, 09:45 PM girryman ok its all up an running i clicked on the first wi... Dec 21 2006, 09:51 PM wannabe1 Open My Computer and double click on "Local D... Dec 21 2006, 09:55 PM girryman yes it is, it was hidden when i double clicked on ... Dec 21 2006, 10:00 PM
Zanshin Calling Wannabe1.....
QUOTE(girryman @ Dec 2... Dec 23 2006, 09:02 AM wannabe1 You may have to reinstall some of your programs to... Dec 21 2006, 10:07 PM girryman ok thanks will get back to you on those, now time ... Dec 21 2006, 10:17 PM Keith If it is access denied then
http://support.micros... Dec 23 2006, 09:06 AM wannabe1 Yup...Keith is absolutely correct...I made mention... Dec 23 2006, 09:11 AM Keith QUOTEI made mention that this may have to be done ... Dec 23 2006, 09:13 AM |
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:
Similar Topics
| Topic Title | Replies / Views | Topic Information | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
9 / 457 | 3rd November 2005 - 11:06 AM April7 started - last by April7 |
|||||
|
5 / 377 | 19th August 2008 - 02:25 AM TerryL started - last by TerryL |
|||||
|
11 / 3,467 | 15th January 2009 - 06:16 PM KazmKazm started - last by kevinnnnn |
|||||
|
0 / 166 | 22nd June 2009 - 04:18 PM safrost started - last by safrost |
|||||
|
Time is now: 22nd March 2010 - 09:36 AM |
Advertisements do not imply our endorsement of that product or service. The forum is run by volunteers who donate their time and expertise. We make every attempt to ensure that the help and advice posted is accurate and will not cause harm. However, we do not guarantee that they are accurate and they are to be used at your own risk. All trademarks mentioned on this page are the property of their respective owners.
© Geeks to Go, Inc. | All Rights Reserved | Privacy Policy | Advertising