Re: Network Type Change Locks Login

Tech-Archive recommends: Repair Windows Errors & Optimize Windows Performance

Easy!
1. Create an account for yourself.
2. Log in as yourself.
3. Reboot.
4. Log in as administrator.
5. Use xcopy.exe to copy the dormat profile folder
over your own profile folder, using the appropriate
switches to include hidden folders.
(e.g. c:\documents and settings\scared)

"Scared" <Scared@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:CDBC6E84-42E1-4D18-BA52-B91D784C0DD3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> The Administrator account had been disabled. I found a utility referenced
by
> another post that allowed me to unlock the Administrator account and set
the
> password. That done I'm pack into the system, but my old user account is
> gone. The profile information seems to still be there, but I have not
been
> able to figure out how to make it useful. All my files are there, which
is
> good. Now I simply have to recover or re-build my desktop and clean up
all
> of these domain name institutional network references. Emergency over,
but a
> mess still needs to be straightened out.
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>
> >
> > "Scared" <Scared@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:9FBB15F1-18AF-4564-A1E6-AE3AFC237857@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > I have a notebook that was set up on an institutional network with
Windows
> > > 2000 Pro. I left the job and was attempting to set up a home network.
I
> > > went to the control panel network settings dialogue and changed the
> > network
> > > type from institutional to home network. It asked to reboot. Now I
can't
> > > get past the "ctrl-alt-del" login dialogue. It no longer recognizes
my
> > login
> > > name and password. There is no longer a "domain" entry line on the
login
> > > dialogue box, which makes sense with the change in network type. But
I
> > can't
> > > get in. My life is on this PC, literally. Wipping it and reloading
> > Windows
> > > is not an option.
> >
> > If wipping (wiping?) Windows is not an option then you have
> > to ask the network administrator from your former employer to
> > give you the password for the local administrator account. It's
> > like getting the key for the car that you possibly received from
> > your former company: It's part of the bargain.
> >
> >
> >


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