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)