Re: local policy logon

From: John (jholter_at_bombshelter.net)
Date: 09/19/03 

Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 13:34:32 -0700

This is a quote from Maximum PC October 2003 issue:

Topic: Windows Recovery
Subject: ERD Commander

"Losing your password in a Windows NT-based operating
system, such as Windows 2000 and XP, is a hassle. And if
you lose your Administrator password, you're hosed.
Unless, of course, you have ERD Commander.
    ERD Commander--ERD is short for Emergency Rescue Disk--
is a CD-ROM based boot disk for all NT-based operating
systems. It includes vital utilities that can recover
lost files and damaged data from hard drives, and reset
the Administrator password for a system -- even if you
don't know the original Administrator password!
Hopefully, you'll never need this utility, but when you
do, it will save you loads of time.
    Resetting a lost password really doesn't sound that
exciting to someone who has never gone through Microsoft's
official lost password routine. The official way to reset
a password in WinXP is to install a second copy of the OS
to the same hard drive, then use the second, working copy
of the OS to back up the data you need. After that, you
do a complete format of the drive, install Windows again,
and then restore your data. ERD Commander sounds much
more impressive now, doesn't it?
    There are two pricing plans for ERD Commander: a
version that's good for five days and costs $200, and a
full version for use on up to 100 machines that costs
$600." www.winternals.com

A bunch of money I know. I usually just do what the
Microsoft guy suggests, reinstall OS as a parrallel OS,
get your data and reformat. Just thought I'd throw this
out there for your information. L8r.

>-----Original Message-----
>Unless you have access to that computer from another
computer on the network
>and feel comfortable working with Group Policy and the
secedit command, you
>probably are best off reinstalling the OS. You can
reinstall to existing
>folder without doing a reformat to preserve most of your
data files. You
>would have to reinstall your applications on top of
themselves, find your
>old user folder under documents and settings, reapply
latest Service Pack
>and critical updates from Windows Update when done. ---
Steve
>
>http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
>
>"hope" <thope@u.washington.edu> wrote in message
>news:069201c37ede$4664b370$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>> I got frustrated with having to logon all the time, so I
>> tried to make it so I would not have to, but I didn't
know
>> what I was doing. I think I changed the local policy so
>> that now I can't logon at all--not even as administrator
>> or default. This is the message I get:
>>
>> The local policy of this system does not permit you to
>> logon interactively.
>>
>> Is there any hope for me to be able to use this program
>> (Windows 2000 Professional) again, or do I just need to
>> reload an operating system?
>>
>> Thank you.
>
>
>.
>

Relevant Pages

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    (microsoft.public.security.virus)
  • Re: local policy logon
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    (microsoft.public.win2000.security)
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