In article ,
John Rumm wrote:
Yup - just comes up with the same prompt. After three goes it quits.

In which case you need to run an XP password recovery tool on the
original machine to get a list of all the passwords to continue with
that route.

I was hoping someone knew the default administrative password, as I've not
changed it. I tried my administrator one and that was rejected.

When you were trying "repair" using the CD, was that with the so called
"repair" option or using the recovery console?

Recovery console.

(you may be able to do a simple repair install. If you boot off the XP
cd and let it do a full install onto the existing partition, in the same
folder as before, it may not prompt you for a previous password. That
should fix the underlying driver and HAL problems while still keeping
all the applications installed. (Office XP or later will need
reactivation).

Tried that but it removes the original installation and starts afresh.

--
*Honk if you love peace and quiet*

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.