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how do i reach command prompt when starting win xp in start with comma

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I have a Toshiba Tecra A8 ez8313 laptop and need to clear my system registry in dos screen.. I get to the point where i start PC with command prompts and hit enter but all that does is run a list og the loading drivers and then starts the PC in safe mode ...I cant get it to go to the C:\ comman prompt ...I am running XP and it will no longer accept my password ... I have been told a few differnt things to try during the start up such as pressing the page break key ..... or holding the windows key and R at the same time none of them pull up the command prompt ..please help ... if anyone might know another way to solve this passsord issue please let me know ...ythank you

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Maybe. Either way, the thread title is misleading. Should read 'Help, lost my password' or 'I can't log into my stolen computer.'

OP: you can find the answer to this question in about .0521 seconds with a google search. Probalby no one here (myself included) will answer it due to the possibly sketchy nature of the question.

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The Boot Menu (which is F8 as Thanatos said) should give you the options as best as I can remember:

Safe Mode
Safe Mode with networking
Command Prompt
Command Prompt with networking
VGA Mode
System Restore
Start Windows Normally

Unless configured differently, it gives you 30 seconds to choose. Also, how can you forget a password ESPECIALLY for The Administrator.

To road:
Yeah, it sounds like a hacked XP. Never heard of a legal copy of XP not accepting a password for any account.
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Although I would hate to see someone with a legit problem get banned, the fact that he is looking for a way to bypass a password doesn't seem right to me. The OS will not just stop accepting passwords, if it's doing that, you reformat, coz it's screwed up bad.

I vote illegitimate. The mods can decide what action should be taken, if the guy is not on a public computer, his IP and MAC addresses will point right to him.

lol i simply cant get my password to accept ... you geniuses think to hard in your paranoia ..... however it might have happened it wont go in... and my boot disk was stepped on by my toddler over a year ago... thus my situatuon... lol jesus such a helpful crew ,.... i just didnt want to pay for a new boot disk

Note to all: roadrunner197069 is a bonafide PC guru and a 100% great guy. Anyone who messes with him has to deal with me too.

Mods: Since this a**wipe is changing IDs, why not just find out his IP and block him?
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Well Jake, I trust you when you say you didn't ban me because I have no choice, I was never notified of the person or the reason. I take back (if it were possible) anything I have said against you.

randomizer said:
I can't believe I once got banned, I really can't, especially with people like this around.



Ohhhhh.....cmon now man....we cant catch everyone instantly. I do have a job ya know, and I dont get paid for this, so its not exactly the highest priority in my life :kaola:  ;) 

I just bought my first Laptop. in the instructions or 1st boot.. it clearly said that do not ask for help on a master password. Under no circumstances will the maker (lenovo, in this case) help to bypass a master pw.

Hooray for the forum. Nice to see some moral's.
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turpit said:
Ohhhhh.....cmon now man....we cant catch everyone instantly. I do have a job ya know, and I dont get paid for this, so its not exactly the highest priority in my life :kaola:  ;) 

Someone caught me pretty damn fast, and I don't even know what for. Maybe if I started a "Help me boost my folding@home score without running a single client" thread I'd be more understanding.
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