Re: Changed Name & Lost Access

Dear Ace:
Thank you for your response.
I may have been unclear: The "Preferred Customer" name is already gone
& my name is there under "Local Users". The problem seems to be the pop up
screen asking for a password (which I never checked a box requiring one).
When I use the RENAMED account name (mine), I cannot get the "Preferred
Customer" log in and settings. I get another Administrator acct. probably
because I cannot get past the log in screen requiring a password. Here's the
steps: Control Panel>Users & Passwords>Advanced>Advanced User
Management>MyName/Administrator>General>Full Name. I cannot find ANYWHERE
how to change the name & get rid of the password requirement, which did NOT
exist before. I need a step-by-step, as rudimentary as that may seem to you.
I don't want to get locked out completely if I compound my error.
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Thomas Peter v B


"Ace Fekay [MVP]" wrote:

In news:B44DBCE3-1CF1-4488-8D23-D543122AF746@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Thomas <Thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
The computer vendor used "Preferred Customer" for the computer in Win
2K Pro, so I went into "Local Users and Groups" and changed it to my
name. I did not check any box requiring a password. Upon rebooting,
I now get a log on screen that pops up with the "preferred customer"
log on name and it asks for a password--which I never set or chose.
I cannot boot into my Win 2K Pro w/ 5 1/2 years of customization. I
CAN get "in" by typing "Administrator", but it is new desktop that
does not even have network access. I cannot get "in" using my name
that I typed in and I cannot get past the password requirement in
conjunction w/ my name. What happened & can it be fixed?

You posted to a DNS forum usually for DNS questions, not this.

If you can get in using the local administrator account, then you have the
ability to change anything on the sytem. Therefore simply go into Local
Users and rename the Preferred Customer to whatever you want it to be.

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Regards,
Ace

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