XP Home????

 

when you boot into safe mode in XP Home it is the true Administrator account and no password is set by default, so leave it blank and hit enter.

I believe safe mode doesn't require a password.

 

Tom

xp sp2 Dell 4600         I have a password

I boot to safe mode and follow all the prompts to the blue screen that asks for password

 **as you suggestd, I select the computer name not administrator and hit enter, not typing the password in.

No matter whether I select admin or the pc name  or no matter wheter I enter password or not,

The screen freezes as in I cannot move the mouse.

How do I gain accress to safe mode while maintaining a password? - or should I remove the password like I have been doing to get into safe mode?

Try creating another user account with admin priv, set a password, then try to enter safe mode using that account.

 

 

On my XP the Administrator password is set during installation.  I do not see a user for the administer when I am logged on as a user.  To get to Safe Mode I have to use the password that was established for the administrator during the OS XP installation.

Do you know how I can get to view that password you refer to during installation?

Try Administrator as the undefined administrator password.