Re: Can't get past User Account screen

From: Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 03/24/04 

Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 09:44:04 +0100

Kari wrote:
> When I try to login to a user account, or to
> Administrator through the SAFE mode, I can't login.
>
> I get the following message on each user account:
> "The local policy of this system does not permit you to
> logon interactively"
>
> Can anyone help? Thanks in advance...
>
> I'm running XP Home on a laptop.
Hi

If you have access to the computer over a network:

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=3yfLb.22533%24P%251.21629542%40newssvr28.news.prodigy.com

or alternatively:
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=urlEFmy8DHA.1816%40TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl

If you have no network access, the procedure in the last link might be
doable with an offline registry editor as well, e.g. this one:

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/editor.html 

-- 
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/scriptcenter/default.mspx

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