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