operating system lost?

Question

hi all......this is kinda a long story.....lol......anyways i somehow lost my operating system and need to repair it so i put in the recovery disk and it goes thru the process to repair and then it ask me for my admin password which i never set one up so im lost on how i can type one without one..........lol also i went into the system and changed some stuff to let me get as far as i have with the repair and now i can get windows to show up but when it tries to open i get a box that now saids isass.exe-system error and then it saids when trying to update a password this return status indicates that the valule provided as the current password is not correct what ever that suppose to mean cause once again i have no passwords set up......and if you click on anything the ok or x box it reboots itslef but if you dont do anything it will reboot itself too and will keep rebooting over an over like ever few seconds any help on either issue would help either with the error or the admin password

Answer 1

Sounds like you need the OS disks (winXP or?) and do an install from them. Reinstall should not wipe out what you already have unless you do a complete install.

Answer 2

Just try clicking enter when the page for the password comes up. A blank password is in fact a password.

Answer 3

Yes, if you didn't put in a password, then hit enter when you get to that screen. I had that happen when I was redoing my parents computer, and I was like, I didn't put in a password! You may need to redo it, completely though, but hopefully you don't have too.

Answer 4

Hi!! You can go to system restore to a point where you have a good operating system or you may need to re-install your operating system and SET a administrator password for yourself. It's a simple procedure.

Good luck!