TBDQuilling :
I'm taking the computer back to the people I bought it from and letting them deal with this problem. I know the password I used was correct but it refuses to accept it. That's why I needed to bypass it. I wish that HP wouldn't put an automatic password request before you even set the computer up. the big problem with trying to reinstall windows is that no disks are included with the computer anymore. I hope MS enjoys the few extra pennies it makes off not including disks with the computer. Had they included the disk this would have been a non issue.
Thanks for everyone help.
New systems now come with either a restore partition you can get to, or a utility to create a recovery DVD set. Usually both. Correct passwords are never refused, in 20 yrs of PC work, I have never seen a correct password not work. Usually ends up someone mistyped something, or typed the password wrong when they set it (misspelled a word or something),or caps lock was on, etc...
The only time I have seen passwords not work is with web services where the password needs to be passed to an application that may be down. Windows, encryption, etc... a correct password never fails.
Microsoft is not the company that decides if the recovery disks are included, it's the computer manufacturer.