Re: User Locked Out

From: fockmsn (fockmsn_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/31/05 

Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 20:50:02 -0800

I did access the account properties, and in fact I pasted them in my first
post. The account is not "disabled", and also it is not a password issue
since I'm llogged as the "Administrator", and can change the account password
with "net user password".

I just want the user to show up in the usual places, so that I can log in
with that user and resume my work with that users settings.

Besides if I lost my password, I have two other instalations of windows, one
is 64 bit. which protect me from file loss in the event such as this where I
have to reinstall.

Thanks Steven.

"Steven L Umbach" wrote:

> 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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