Cannot login to XP SP3 in VMWarePlayer virtual machine in safe mode

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Published on 2010-05-19T15:45:47Z Indexed on 2010/05/19 15:51 UTC
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Hello,

Here is my setup Host OS: XP SP3 Guest OS: XP SP3 (using VMWare)

I checked the /SAFEBOOT option in System Config utility in guest for troubleshooting. Now the guest OS boots up in Safe Mode but I cannot login with my user id/password.

Here is what I tried:

[domainName]\[userid] for user name => Login Fails
Administrator with blank password => Login fails
Safe Mode with Networking => Login fails
Safe Mode with Command Prompt => Login fails
Last Known Good Configuration => starts in safe mode, login fails
Start Windows Normally => starts in safe mode, login fails
Don't have cd to get to the recovery console

Any ideas?

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