Passwords Changed???

The other day I finaly got Vista 32 bit beta 2 installed on my computer.

Yesterday Vista asked me to activate my copy of Windows, I picked the option
saying something along the lines of more ways to activate (im offline),
the computer froze, i rebooted and tried all of the options, the computer
keept freezing.

Then, when i tried again, it said my password was incorect
i tried about 30 times with rebots
i had just used my pass 10 minutes before... it was the same thing
I know my password

So after this i tried booting in safe mode
I had set a password for the defalt administrator account
this password also didnt work
same with my main account in safe mode

I fixed this problem by useing the install disk
booting from the DVD
useing the recovery options menu
doing a system restore to when i installed it
it worked fine

My questions are
How/Why could my password be changed like this (dont say I got it wrong... I
didnt)

Is this related to activating Vista?

When I need to activate my copy of Vista in 2 days, does anyone know how i
might be able to get it not to freeze so i can secussfuly activate it (by
phone)

Is the fact i can avoid activating my copy by simply using the install disk
and system restore a problem? (like, a way to use vista without a product key)

The other day I finaly got Vista 32 bit beta 2 installed on my computer.

Yesterday Vista asked me to activate my copy of Windows, I picked the option
saying something along the lines of more ways to activate (im offline),
the computer froze, i rebooted and tried all of the options, the computer
keept freezing.

Then, when i tried again, it said my password was incorect
i tried about 30 times with rebots
i had just used my pass 10 minutes before... it was the same thing
I know my password

So after this i tried booting in safe mode
I had set a password for the defalt administrator account
this password also didnt work
same with my main account in safe mode

I fixed this problem by useing the install disk
booting from the DVD
useing the recovery options menu
doing a system restore to when i installed it
it worked fine

My questions are
How/Why could my password be changed like this (dont say I got it wrong... I
didnt)

Is this related to activating Vista?

When I need to activate my copy of Vista in 2 days, does anyone know how i
might be able to get it not to freeze so i can secussfuly activate it (by
phone)

Is the fact i can avoid activating my copy by simply using the install disk
and system restore a problem? (like, a way to use vista without a product key)

Afasano

Thanks man, you saved my day

Infact my problems was little bit different in the sense I upgraded to Vista
from Win XP Pro

My Outlook 2002 started playing up for some reason after installing Vista. I
tried to reinstall the same and got into problem

Installation was sucessful but was not able to use Outlook 2002. So tried
uninstalling the same.

After un-installing, my password was not valid anymore (2 accounts). Even
the safe mode "Administrator" account wouldn't work.

After 2 days of struggling, I read your message and tried booting via DVD
and restored a previous installation and all looks OK now.

Thanks very much

Raj

"Afasano" wrote:

> The other day I finaly got Vista 32 bit beta 2 installed on my computer.
>
> Yesterday Vista asked me to activate my copy of Windows, I picked the option
> saying something along the lines of more ways to activate (im offline),
> the computer froze, i rebooted and tried all of the options, the computer
> keept freezing.
>
> Then, when i tried again, it said my password was incorect
> i tried about 30 times with rebots
> i had just used my pass 10 minutes before... it was the same thing
> I know my password
>
> So after this i tried booting in safe mode
> I had set a password for the defalt administrator account
> this password also didnt work
> same with my main account in safe mode
>
> I fixed this problem by useing the install disk
> booting from the DVD
> useing the recovery options menu
> doing a system restore to when i installed it
> it worked fine
>
> My questions are
> How/Why could my password be changed like this (dont say I got it wrong... I
> didnt)
>
> Is this related to activating Vista?
>
> When I need to activate my copy of Vista in 2 days, does anyone know how i
> might be able to get it not to freeze so i can secussfuly activate it (by
> phone)
>
> Is the fact i can avoid activating my copy by simply using the install disk
> and system restore a problem? (like, a way to use vista without a product key)
>
> Afasano