I have two computers with this problem. emachine T3393 AMD Sempron 3300+ 1Gig Ram/Micron Millennia pentium II 512meg Ram/ Both will boot the windows CD, find the right drive ect. but will not take my Administrative password even if I remove the password. I'm Using Spybot SD and Avast. This problem started after I removed Adobe photo shop and tried to recover due to damage done. Then I discovered my other computer wouldn't recover either.when you first installed or set up windows it ASKED for a "administrative passowrd" this one trumps all others and is needed to preform some operations like entering safe mode and recovery. Can you think of any other passowrd you may have used when you first configured windows.

Hopes this helps.

P.S. If anyone READS this does anyone know how to reset, change or create it if not entered at at initial config.I installed the XP (SP2 by the way) on both PCs I have. Do not remember any password input, though I could be wrong. I'm sure it's something that I have missed or went it over my head, easy to do. Could it have something to do with upgrade vs. full version?Most times people don't enter an administrative password, so try just entering it blank. If this does not work, I will teach you how to blank what they call the SAM file which removes the password for the Administrator account. Let me know if you need this help. Probably best if you send me a PERSONAL message for this, because although this can be used for LEGITIMATE purposes, it can obviously be used for gaining control of a system, as you do not need any previous passwords of any accounts to do it. Let me know either way.If I give the right password for recovery should I end up in a DOS command Screen ?SKSA varied form of DOS, yes.OK, I think I've got it! I thought it was adobe( sorry)EI7 gets the credit. I thought I couldn't get in to recovery,but I did not reckonize the format,it's not unlike 98SE recovery, and I've done that. Thanks for the help. SKS