As a last resort I have a cd that will enable me to zero out the password again, but there must be something simpler, as the password MUST be correct, as I can mount over the network with smbfs?????
By default windows keeps two hashes for its passwords. One for NT compatible interfaces such as smbfs and another one for all dancing all singing Windows XP. The NT ones are stored in a SAM file, while the WinXP ones are in the registry. They're also kept (both) in the restore directory.
Have you thought about gaining access to WinXP on the administrator account. Once you're in you can then change the users password.
There are some tools around for changing the admin password. Such as, http://www.thomasmathiesen.com/itak/html/software.html
-- Paul Wilkins
