Re: local policy logon
From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou_at_comcast.net)
Date: 09/20/03
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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 23:43:23 GMT
Hi John. Hope's problem was she locked herself out of local logon, even knowing the
password. Anyhow there is a free utility at link below to reset passwords. Just burn
ISO file to a cdrom and boot from it and follow prompts. Before everyone yells "oh
how insecure W2K is" keep in mind that these programs require unfettered physical
access to a computer which is a major breach in security itself to any untrusted
users for any operating system. --- Steve
http://www.dmzs.com/tools/files/
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
"John" <jholter@bombshelter.net> wrote in message
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> 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.
> >
> >
> >.
> >
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