stuck in safe mode, unable to log on

[roc]

okay so i detected spyware on my t60 and went into safe mode via msconfig to remove it. restarted pc and am now unable to log back on with my correct password. tried user administrator, password blank which did not work. i do not have a recovery cd, laptop came with xp pro already installed. please help!

[GACrabill]

... tried user administrator, password blank which did not work.

When password blank for the administartor account doesn't work (very common when trying to use Windows Recovery Console), it's because the PC vendors use different mechanisms to build the OEM operating systems ... a blank / null entry doesn't always look the same.

I just used these links yesterday to download and burn an .iso which I then booted with to re-write the blank/null administrator password for an XP system. Windows Recovery Console then accepted my blank/null and allowed me to run the FIXMBR which I needed to do.

http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administr ... word.htm#1
http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/