Re: User Locked Out
From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou_at_n0-spam-for-me-comcast.net)
Date: 10/31/05
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Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 22:30:58 -0600
I never use Control Panel to manage users. The few times I did try it
sometimes it would take 10 seconds or so for all users to show up there. I
use lusrmgr.msc [or right click My Computer/manage - local users and groups]
to mange users and groups and have to use control-alt-delete to logon and
enter the user name since my computers are part of my Active Directory
domain. I can not do user switching since my computer is part of a domain
so I may be missing something here. In case this is the built in
administrator account I would check the security option for
accounts:administrator account status and make sure it is set to enabled and
not disabled or not defined. Use secpol.msc to open Local Security policy
and go to local policies/security options to see and configure security
options. --- Steve
"fockmsn" <fockmsn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C51DF66E-F12F-4DF6-BDF5-D6C2B728524B@microsoft.com...
>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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