accounts with user privileges cannot logon to local computer

From: James Raaymakers MCSE (jamesraa@pacbell.net)
Date: 02/20/03 

From: "James Raaymakers MCSE" <jamesraa@pacbell.net>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 13:27:38 -0800

You may have the users group added to "Deny Log On
Locally" security setting in the "User Rights" section of
the local security policy.

James
>-----Original Message-----
>Hello,
>
>On one pc(windows 2000) (on workgroup, not domain), any
>user with only user privileges is unable to logon. At
>each logon attempt the following message appears:
>
>"Your account is configured to prevent you from using
this
>computer. Please use another computer."
>
>If this same account is then given admin privileges, the
>account can then logon. I must have an incorrect setting
>in my security policy, but cannot find the solution.
>
>Shelton
>.
>

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