Re: Administrator account corrupt?

From: Adam Tuliper (amt@gecko-software.com)
Date: 01/07/03 

From: "Adam Tuliper" <amt@gecko-software.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 18:10:55 -0500

a shot in the dark.. but check permissions on your userinit.exe file.
Usually when a user logs in and logs right back off it is an issue with
permissions on this file.

<Michael@_no-ip.com> wrote in message
news:louj1vccimmuhs45p6tap60db905crn4de@4ax.com...
> I've posted this in the win2000 general group and was advised that I
> need to reinstall the OS which is probably correct but on the off
> chance that someone in this groups has some different advice I'm
> trying here. So..
>
> I'm running Win2K Sever as a stand alone with IIS & SQL2K.
>
> Everything has been OK except yesterday when I logged in as
> administrator I just got recycled back to the Welcome to Windows,
> Ctrl+Alt+Del box. My userid and password are accepted, Windows loads
> my personal settings, saves my settings then brings me back to the
> Welcome box.
>
> When I initially set up the machine I downgraded the built-in
> Administrator account to user with restricted priveleges as a securiy
> precaution.
>
> I created a new adminstrator account which is what is giving me the
> problem now. It's been OK since the installation some time ago.
>
> I can access the PC using the buitlt in Administrator account, but
> since it now has restricted privelges, I can't change any other
> accounts or make many other changes.
>
> Is there a way to restore my current Administrator account ( the one
> I created) or to reset the built in Admin account to it's original
> state?
>
>
>
> Thaks,
>
> MH
>
>
>
>

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