Cannot login to Win2000, but username/pass weren't changed...

From: javelin98 (javelin98_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/09/04

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    Hello! I may have broken my Windows 2000 access, it seems. I wanted to set up
    an automatic logon so that I could dispense with entering my
    username/password everytime I turned the machine on (IBM Thinkpad T23).
    Somewhere on the Internet I found a DITY site saying that I could do this by
    changing my Network Identification settings from Domain to Workgroup, which I
    did. Now Windows won't recognize my password and says that my username and
    domain might be incorrect. But I can't change my domain without logging in...
    so, does anyone know a way out of this catch-22 I've gotten myself into? Is
    there some way I'm suppposed to combine my username and domain name when
    logging in as a Workgroup? I know for certain I didn't change my password,
    but nonetheless I can't login. I'd really like to avoid taking my laptop to
    a repair shop and having it formatted and reloaded, as there are important
    files on there that I don't want to lose.

    Thanks,
    Andreas

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