Re: Passwords not working
From: Matt Hickman (hemo_jr_at_space.com)
Date: 03/31/04
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Date: 30 Mar 2004 21:01:05 -0800
"Ryan" <ryan@creativeconsultants.net> wrote in message news:<12eaf01c41678$323f43b0$a601280a@phx.gbl>...
> I have an employee who came back from lunch and went to
> log on to her Win 2000 machine and could not do so. We
> are on a domain with a 2000 SBS Server with active
> directory. When going into Network Neighborhood on the
> Server i see that her PC has put itself in it's own
> workgroup named "Workgroup". The dropdown box in her
> login box that lets you choose Domain or local PC is
> gone. He username and password will not work nor will the
> administrator or any local account on that PC. Tried
> doing a Repair with the 2000 disc but didn't help. Tried
> logging in as Guest and as Administrator with a blank PW
> as suggested but also didn't work. I am almost in tears.
> Has anyone run into this before? Any help would be
> greatly appreciated. I don't want to have to lose all the
> important data and e-mails stored on her HD by
> reinstalling.
Are you able to access it remotely? ping, net view, anything?
Can you see it in AD Users and Computers? Have you checked the
event log on your domain controllers to see they have reported
errors related to this machine?
An "in place upgrade" will allow you to reset the administrator's
password without losing the data on the disk. For more information
see: KB article 306952
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Matt Hickman
...when faced with a problem you do not understand, do any part of it
you do understand, then look at it again. (Prof to Manuel)
Robert A. Heinlein (1907 - 1988)
_The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress_ c 196
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