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Andy Burns wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

did a clean install. And nowhere did it ask for me to enter an
'administrative' password.

Did it ask you for another username (and password)?

User name - but the password is optional. And of course I tried all my
passwords when attempting the repair. I don't have that many.

if you open a "DOS" window (start, run, cmd.exe)

then type "set u" into it, what's your username?

The one I entered. The first thing I tried when asked by the repair consul.

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