using the xp pro disk I've used to install win xp on countless machines, on this one it got to the 'who will be using this machine?' screen. I entered the names as usual, and instead of logging me on it asks for a password even though none has been set yet. I'd like to avoid starting the install again as this is a slower laptop with limited battery. Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks.

error mesaage is:

The system cannot log you on due to the following error: The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted.

must have been me, reformatted drive and
reinstalled clean. I guess I chose to repair an existing installation the first time. Not sure why the shift+f10 password didn't work though. Oh well, case closed.

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