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type in Administrator for the user name and leave the passwor blank
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I have that windows XP login screen. I was gonna try that but I don't know how to bring up that box to acctually type in the user name manully.
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press ctrl alt delete (you might have to press it twice) at the logon screen where you select your user
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yeah, that's not workin either. this is insane.
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.....there had to be a password set somewhere....they don't just come out of nowhere..

can you start over? this time instead of formatting the way you did...can you just boot to your windows disk and use it to format then reinstall?
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and whats with the "the specific domain either does not exist or cold not be contacted" error box? I've never seen that before.
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i tried that already, but I guess I'll try again.
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ok, got everything workin now...thanks alot dsenette. You were a big help.
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glad you got it cooking...let us know if you need anything else
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