Re: Limited User Logon Problem

From: Buster (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/31/04 

Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 16:49:21 -0800

I found the cause of the problem. I had the properties for
the Security Log in Event Viewer set to 512KB and
"Overwrite events older than 7 days," and "Audit: Shutdown
sytem immediately if unable to log security audits" in
Local Security Policy/Security Options set to Enabled. So
when the Security Log file got full, it made the password
prompt appear and locked me out of the limited user account.

I had disabled that Audit setting several times before to
see if that's what was causing the problem, but all I had
done was log off. I had never restarted the computer.
Apparently you have to restart to change the setting,
'cause when I restarted it, the password prompt didn't
appear when I tried to logon to the limited user account
and I was able to logon.

But unfortunately, changing the Security Log properties to
"Overwrite events as needed" after re-enabling that Audit
setting doesn't fix the problem. Anyone know how I can get
this to work? If not, I guess I'll have to clear the
security log manually when I get locked out.

Happy computing!

>-----Original Message-----
>What sort of changes did you make?
>
>You may also want to try 'promoting' the account to the
Administrators
>group, and then 'demote' it later once you can log on. If
that does not
>work, then delete the limited accounts and start all over
again, and this
>time make note of every change you make :-)
>
>"Buster" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:120e801c41557$e3d2fd50$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> I made some security changes to my WinXP Pro single user
>> system, checking after every two or three changes to see
>> if the limited user account was still ok. Well,
>> unfortunately, I got carried away near the end and forgot
>> to check it, and after the last dozen or more changes I
>> discovered that I got locked out of the limited user
>> account!
>>
>> Even though I never set a password, it asks for one when
>> I try to logon. And if I set a password for it, it
>> doesn't accept it. Also, when I created a new limited
>> user account, Windows automatically set it as password-
>> protected. Anyone have any idea how I can fix this
>> problem so I can logon to my user account again without
>> changing the account type? I want to be able to connect
>> to the Internet in a limited user account.

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