Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Andy wrote:

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

User name - but the password is optional.

if you open a "DOS" window (start, run, cmd.exe)
then type "set u" into it, what's your username?

The one I entered.

Is this XP home, or XP Pro? Which logon screen have you got enabled?
The "friendly" one where you pick your name and picture from a list, or
the one where you type in your username?

If the latter you should be able to log in as administrator and the same
password as for your "dave" (or whatever it's called) account, but the
first (or only) user you've created will have admin rights anyway. worth
checking now for the *next* time you need to get into repair mode.