Administrative password

[Dswissmiss]

Hi guys,
I need to remove Grub (os loader) from my hard drive, and the only way I can do it is by booting from my XP disk, typing "r" after everything loaded, then typing "fixmbr". After I press r however, I have to enter my administrative password. I didn't have one, so I logged back into XP, and created a password for myself under the user account menu, but it still won't work. I am the only one using this computer, so I figure the password I use to login to windows would be my administrative password, but it's apparently not, anyone know where I can find out what my password is?

Thank you
Dswissmiss

[el_novato]

Did you try leaving it blank? When you first installed XP, it asked you to set a password. If you didn't set one, leave it blank. If you did, you'll have to remember it.

Hth,

e.n.

[Dswissmiss]

Ah...yep, left it blank

thank you

[el_novato]

No prob!

e.n.

[Statica]

I would strongly suggest that you do set a password to your Administrator account (administrative password). At the welcome screen (with user account list), press CTRL+ALT+DEL twice, log in as "Administrator" and your blank password; then go to the control panel and change the account password.

[kingoftowns]

i also left the administrator password area blank but when i try to login without a password it wont let me i know i didn't enter a password when i installed xp pro am i going to have to reinstall windows

[kev7555]

Changed passwords? Won't allow access when you are the only user?

Man! That sure sounds like an intruder to me. Virus free? Scanned for trojans? Clean of spyware/adware?

-Kev