Re: Can't logon to windows2000

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Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 17:04:13 -0700

Thanks, Steve. You've been a life saver.

JWC062604

>-----Original Message-----
>The link I showed shows exactly how to do that. Here are
the basic steps.
>Substitute your actual computer name for the locked out
computer where I
>show "computername". If you don't know the computers
actual name, you should
>see it in My Network Places on the good computer.
Hopefully your working
>computer is a Windows 2000 Pro computer or this will not
work and stop after
>verifiyng or not that you can access the C$ folder on the
locked out
>computer as described in the second sentence below. If
you can at least
>access the c$ folder there may be another option but I
need to know the
>operating system of your good computer. If you can not
access the c$ drive
>you will need to try to take it to someone who can slave
the drive in
>another computer running Windows 2000 or XP to try and
repair it or
>reinstall the operating system which can be done without
destroying your
>data but will require that you reinstall all of your
applications, service
>pack, and critical updates. Note that if you have any EFS
encrypted files,
>that a reinstall that is not an "upgrade" install will
prevent you from ever
>accessing them again unless you backed up your EFS
privaye keys.
>
>http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBG/TIP3300/rh3361.htm
>
>First logon to your other computer with a logon name and
password that
>exists on the locked out computer that is an
administrator on that computer.
>Create the account on your "good" computer if need be.
>
>In the run box type \\computername\c$ and then enter. If
it brings up the
>administrative share on the other computer which should
show the whole drive
>you are in. I am assumming c drive is where your
operating system is at and
>if it is not use the correct drive letter.
>
>Go to the \winnt\security\database folder. First open the
winnt folder and
>then the others in the order shown. Folders are in
alphabetical order within
>a folder.This is called the "path". You should see a file
called secedit.sdb
>in the window to the right. Right click that file and
select rename. Rename
>it seceditold.sdm and hit enter.
>
>Minimize the Explorer Window by selecting the minimize
icon in the top right
>hand corner. Now on your "good" computer go to the same
folder path and find
>the copy of secedit.sdb on it. Right click that file and
select copy. Now
>maximize the Explorer Window on your locked out computer
and put your
>pointer in the window to the right where you now have a
file called
>seceditold.sdb. Right click your mouse and select paste
and you should now
>see a copy of secedit.sdb from the other computer that
you just copied.
>Close your Explorer Windows and reboot the locked out
computer to see if it
>helps and let me know. --- Steve
>
>"JWC062604" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message
>news:2212e01c45bc1$8bc86b80$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>> Steve:
>>
>> I actually do have another PC on my (2 PC) network. This
>> is how I am communicating now. My purpose for the
network
>> was so both PC's could share the cable modem to the net.
>> That's the only reason that I have the network.
>>
>> Are there other instructions possible with a PC on the
>> network? Or how might a professional repair this
problem?
>> I would take the machine to a firm that only dealt with
>> larger, corporate clients.
>>
>> Please respond.
>> JWC062604
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >See the tips in the link below. If you do not have a
>> another computer on the network
>> >you are going to need to try and replace the
secedit.sdb
>> file on your computer some
>> >other way such as by putting your hard drive in another
>> computer as a slave/secondary
>> >drive or doing a parallel install of the operating
system
>> [best done into another
>> >partition] in order to do the repair being very careful
>> NOT to install over your
>> >existing installation and do NOT format your drive,
which
>> you can delete when you are
>> >done. Specifically what happened is either you removed
>> groups from the logon
>> >locally user right or added a group to the deny logon
>> locally user right [more
>> >likely]. --- Steve
>> >
>> >http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBG/TIP3300/rh3361.htm
>> >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
>> us;266465
>> >
>> >"JWC062604" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>> in message
>> >news:21dd501c45ba2$07056480$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> >> I use my PC locally only so last night I was trying
to
>> >> bypass the Windows logon screen. I thought I had made
>> the
>> >> proper adjustments within "Local Security Policy"
>> >> and "Users & Passwords" to allow for a straight boot
up
>> >> without the popup Windows logon box.
>> >>
>> >> This morning, when I booted up my PC, the Windows
logon
>> >> box still comes up so i went ahead and hit "OK" like
i
>> had
>> >> always dine previously using Administrator as my ID.
>> Then
>> >> I got a popup message stating "The local policy of
this
>> >> system does not permit you to logon interactively."
>> >>
>> >> I hit OK and the above message keeps coming up. How
can
>> I
>> >> go back and reset the logon settings the way they
were?
>> >>
>> >> TY JWC062404
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
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