Re: Account Locked xp pro
From: Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP\) (user_at_#notme.com)
Date: 12/29/04
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Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 13:56:53 -0800
And thank you for letting us know the cause of the problem and the solution.
-- Michael Solomon MS-MVP Windows Shell/User Backup is a PC User's Best Friend DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/ "blanche" <blanche@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:89BE37CF-9C4E-4C75-8BF1-25D690648B57@microsoft.com... > Hi, > Thanks for the advice. My whole problem is I just cant get to safe mode to > start off with. I ended up talking to a colleague of mine and he pointed > out > to me that my laptop power light kept slowly flashing even when I had no > power connected to it, suggesting it had gone into some kind of standby > mode > it was stuck. He suggested that I take the battery out of it and wait for > the > flashing to disappear. I did and when I replaced all booted up correctly > and > I was able to logon successfully. > > Thanks again for your help though. > > > "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP)" wrote: > >> Try treating this as a corrupt user profile as outlined in the following >> Knowledge Base Article: >> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q318011 >> >> After transferring the data to the new user account as outlined in the >> above >> article, you will likely need to take ownership of the files as follows: >> Note, file ownership and permissions supersede administrator rights. >> How >> you resolve it depends upon which version of XP you are running. >> >> XP-Home >> >> Unfortunately, XP Home using NTFS is essentially hard wired for "Simple >> File >> Sharing" at system level. >> >> However, you can set XP Home permissions in Safe Mode. Reboot, and start >> hitting F8, a menu should eventually appear and one of the >> options is Safe Mode. Select it. Note, it will ask for the >> administrator's >> password. This is not your administrator account, rather it is the >> machine's administrator account for which users are asked to create a >> password during setup. >> >> If you created no such password, when requested, leave blank and press >> enter. >> >> Open Explorer, go to Tools and Folder Options, on the view tab, scroll to >> the bottom of the list, if it shows "Enable Simple File Sharing" deselect >> it >> and click apply and ok. If it shows nothing or won't let you make a >> change, >> move on to the next step. >> >> Navigate to the files, right click, select properties, go to the Security >> tab, click advanced, go to the Owner tab and select the user that was >> logged >> on when you were refused permission to access the files. Click apply and >> ok. Close the properties box, reopen it, click add and type in the name >> of >> the user you just enabled. If you wish to set ownership for everything >> in >> the folder, at the bottom of the Owner tab is the following selection: >> "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects," select it as well. >> >> Once complete, you should be able to do what you wish with these files >> when >> you log back on as that user. >> >> XP-Pro >> >> If you have XP Pro, temporarily change the limited account to >> administrative. First, go to Windows Explorer, go to Tools, select >> Folder >> Options, go to the View tab and be sure "Use Simple File Sharing" is not >> selected. If it is, deselect it and click apply and ok. >> >> If you wish everything in a specific folder to be accessible to a user, >> right click the folder, select properties, go to the Security tab, click >> Advanced, go to the Owner tab, >> select the user you wish to have access, at the bottom of the box, you >> should see a check box for "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects," >> place a check in the box and click apply and ok. >> >> The user should now be able to perform necessary functions on files in >> the >> folder even as a limited account. If not, make it an admin account >> again, >> right click the folder, select Properties, go to the Security tab and be >> sure the user is listed in the user list. If not, click add and type the >> user name in the appropriate box, be sure the user has all the necessary >> permissions checked in the permission list below the user list, click >> apply >> and ok. >> >> That should do it and allow whatever access you desire for that folder >> even >> in a limited account. >> >> >> >> -- >> Michael Solomon MS-MVP >> Windows Shell/User >> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend >> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/ >> >> "blanche" <blanche@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:E5BDE1E5-1A6D-4C23-B0E8-988CDE0C0191@microsoft.com... >> > Decided to shutdown pc. after it was responding slowly. Had to select >> > the >> > shutdown option a few times. Didnt shut down. So turned off computer. >> > Did >> > CTL-ALT-DEL to get access to login/password Message Title is Computer >> > Locked, the login and password boxes are greyed out. Anyone got any >> > ideas? >> > >> >> >>
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