Windows Vista Beta 2 Customer Preview - Admin Password

I just installed windows vista beta 2 preview and the system is asking for a
Administrator password. I have no documentation on what password I should
use.. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

what ever you think it is the EASIEST to remember.



mikeyhsd@sport.rr.com



"andrewe" <andrewe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0077ED03-4422-4121-893E-B8BCCDA23825@microsoft.com...
I just installed windows vista beta 2 preview and the system is asking for a
Administrator password. I have no documentation on what password I should
use.. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Maybe I should have stated this question a differnt way. I get to the login
screen for the Administrator, and it asks for the password, however, I never
created an admin password. I don't have an option to create a password, its
asking for one...

"mikeyhsd" wrote:

> what ever you think it is the EASIEST to remember.
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> mikeyhsd@sport.rr.com
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> "andrewe" <andrewe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0077ED03-4422-4121-893E-B8BCCDA23825@microsoft.com...
> I just installed windows vista beta 2 preview and the system is asking for a
> Administrator password. I have no documentation on what password I should
> use.. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Leave it blank.
A password is not set by default.
If you did not set a password, there isn't one.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
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"andrewe" <andrewe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0077ED03-4422-4121-893E-B8BCCDA23825@microsoft.com...
>I just installed windows vista beta 2 preview and the system is asking for
>a
> Administrator password. I have no documentation on what password I should
> use.. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 08:41:00 -0800, andrewe
<andrewe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I just installed windows vista beta 2 preview and the system is asking for a
>Administrator password. I have no documentation on what password I should
>use.. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Hint: [enter]
(unless you changed it after the setup completed)

if you have NEVER entered one, just leave it blank and hit the ENTER key



mikeyhsd@sport.rr.com



"andrewe" <andrewe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5D7310A3-0C1D-47AE-9169-C01A6E78CDC7@microsoft.com...
Maybe I should have stated this question a differnt way. I get to the login
screen for the Administrator, and it asks for the password, however, I never
created an admin password. I don't have an option to create a password, its
asking for one...

"mikeyhsd" wrote:

> what ever you think it is the EASIEST to remember.
>
>
>
> mikeyhsd@sport.rr.com
>
>
>
> "andrewe" <andrewe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0077ED03-4422-4121-893E-B8BCCDA23825@microsoft.com...
> I just installed windows vista beta 2 preview and the system is asking for a
> Administrator password. I have no documentation on what password I should
> use.. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Isn't this account disabled by default?

"andrewe" <andrewe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0077ED03-4422-4121-893E-B8BCCDA23825@microsoft.com...
>I just installed windows vista beta 2 preview and the system is asking for
>a
> Administrator password. I have no documentation on what password I should
> use.. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 21:35:32 -0500, "Michael O" <momalle1@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>Isn't this account disabled by default?
>
>"andrewe" <andrewe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:0077ED03-4422-4121-893E-B8BCCDA23825@microsoft.com...
>>I just installed windows vista beta 2 preview and the system is asking for
>>a
>> Administrator password. I have no documentation on what password I should
>> use.. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
I believe you are mostly correct, the "account" is disabled (in the
GUI logon. I believe it can not be disabled in "Safe Mode" (otherwise
how would you fix a farkled install?

I re-read the OP's question and I am guessing this is UAC asking for
permission to do it's thing.

We need another word than (administrator) for the FULL Admin
privileged. Unix has "Superuser" but even that has name usage
problems. (I got called into the "office" after someone overheard me
using "Superuser privileges". What I did was superused as ME from a
coworkers terminal to give them temporary rights to MY directory)
Superuser can mean as ROOT or as a specified user.
I find it ironic that it has taken Microsoft 20+ years to get to
something the earliest versions of Unix had.