Re: Administrator account lockout

From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou_at_nospam-comcast.net)
Date: 03/09/04


Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 21:38:50 GMT

So what is your current problem - that you can't logon as administrator?? Remember
that passwords are case sensitive. If you don't need a password to connect to the
other computer, then the guest account may be enabled on it. --- Steve

"D Dudley" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:997a01c405ea$3ba1c480$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> The situation: a single Windows 2000 SP4 workstation
> connecting to a workgroup. At the Windows login, the
> computer will not accept the Administrator password. the
> machine will only allow you to connect to the workgroup
> and the correct shares (i.e. mapped drives) if you don't
> enter a password. However, once in Windows I am able to
> change the Administrator password with no problems. Any
> ideas on why the administrator password has effectively
> been locked out, in favor of no password?



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