In XP, I install my original OS CD disk, set the BIOS to and boot from the CD and select the Recovery console whrh the option appears.
Then it asks me which system ( there's only one)
I select that and it asks for my password.
This is supposed to be the Administrator password.
I never assigned one when I installed the OS.
It will not let me past this error message and boots me out after three tries.
So I go set a password.
Same problem
The problem arose subsequent to an infection of the trojan FRMWRK32.EXE
I got rid of the trojans and spyware and malware but the OS is S-L-O-W and buggy. I get an error message when I boot telling me that I I have to restore to an earlier Registry set point EXCEPT none of the points I select can successfully be used to re set the registry. They are all invalid.
I'm thinking of reinstalling the OS over the old version but I just know that this 'll be messy.