Re: User Locked Out

From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou_at_n0-spam-for-me-comcast.net)
Date: 10/30/05 

Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 01:54:55 -0500

Try booting into safe mode and then try logging on as administrator and if
you can access the account properties for the locked out account and uncheck
that the account is locked out. To find which users are local administrators
run the command net localgroup administrators. If nothing seems to help you
could try putting the hard drive in another computer or boot from something
like Bart's PE and copy the sam file from the windows\repair folder to the
windows\system32\config folder though I suggest you rename the sam file in
the windows\system32\config folder first. If that works you may have a
different password in the sam file you copied over since it may be the one
from the original installation of the operating system though there are
tools that can reset the administrator password if you forgot it and I think
the same tool may have an option to unlock locked accounts though I am not
positive as I have not used it for a while. See the links below if you are
interested in trying that. --- Steve

http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

"fockmsn" <fockmsn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D5EF3B9A-3DFD-40E2-8832-7C3D3CFC7679@microsoft.com...
> None of the links you provided help me in any way. I have SP2 and all the
> updates.
> The locked out account does not appear in the control panel or the logon
> screen.
>
> Format it is then. It will take me a month to reinstall all programs and
> plugins.
>
> Thanks anyway.
>
>
> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Your User Account May Be Prematurely Locked Out
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;818078
>>
>> You Are Locked Out of Your Account When You Try to Change Your Expired
>> Password
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;828790
>>
>> --
>> Carey Frisch
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows - Shell/User
>> Microsoft Community Newsgroups
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> "fockmsn" wrote:
>>
>> | Windows XP Pro
>> |
>> | Name1 has admin privileges.
>> |
>> | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> | - Event Properties:
>> |
>> | Logon Failure:
>> | Reason: Account locked out
>> | User Name: Name1
>> | Domain: Name2
>> | Logon Type: 2
>> |
>> | Logon Process: User32
>> | Authentication Package: Negotiate
>> | Workstation Name: Name2
>> | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> |
>> | -Name1 Properties:
>> |
>> | Name1
>> |
>> |
>> |
>> |
>> | Full name:
>> |
>> |
>> | Description:
>> |
>> |
>> | User must change password at next logon [GHOSTED]
>> |
>> | User cannot change password
>> |
>> | X Password never expires
>> |
>> | Account is disabled
>> | Account is locked out [GHOSTED]
>> |
>> | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> | -NET USER NAME1 (command):
>> |
>> | User name Name1
>> | Full Name
>> | Comment
>> | User's comment
>> | Country code 000 (System Default)
>> | Account active Yes
>> | Account expires Never
>> |
>> | Password last set 10/26/2005 6:57 PM
>> | Password expires Never
>> | Password changeable 10/26/2005 6:57 PM
>> | Password required Yes
>> | User may change password Yes
>> |
>> | Workstations allowed All
>> | Logon script
>> | User profile
>> | Home directory
>> | Last logon 10/21/2005 5:47 PM
>> |
>> | Logon hours allowed All
>> |
>> | Local Group Memberships *Administrators *Debugger Users
>> | Global Group memberships *None
>> | The command completed successfully.
>> |
>> | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> |
>> | This is the info! The account's password was not set to expire, and
>> | everything looks right, except that it does not appear in Control
>> Panel/User
>> | Accounts or the Welcome Screen, and the "Classic Logon" doesn't work.
>> |
>> | What's the problem? What caused this? And most importantly HOW DO I
>> FIX IT?
>> |
>> | Now, do I have to reformat and reinstall windows almost every month?
>> This
>> | is so focking retarded!
>> |
>> | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> |
>> | I don't expect compensation or attribution, but here are some features
>> I
>> | expect be included in the upcoming Windows Vista:
>> |
>> | 1. Incorporate the file system into the registry.
>> | 2. Include a fart sensor (to be incorporated in the seat by the user)
>> with
>> | the next Windows release, and have the output logged into the registry.
>> | 3. Make ALL files excutable.
>> | 4. Execute ALL files with rundll32.exe
>> | 5. Hide file extensions from the user. Wait, this is done already!
>> | 6. Rename all files as soon as they are installed to very long hex
>> strings,
>> | so as to hide from the user, among others, the biometric fart logs.
>>
>>

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