Re: Admin can't log into console

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From: Fernando (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/06/04 

Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 17:16:59 -0700

All workstations use XP and have their own accounts. So, I
guess the answer is no.

>-----Original Message-----
>Can you login to a workstation as the domain administrator?
>
>roger Crawford
>HTS
>
>"Fernando" <proiettof@rogers.com> wrote in message
>news:1887801c41b64$fc4cd5f0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> Hello All,
>> it seems my Win Server 2003 has locked me out. I changed
>> the Admininstartor account name to something shorter for
>> securitity reasons and now once I rebooted I can't seem to
>> login to the console (interactively) using any account.
>> Tried to login iusing Remote Desktop Connection as more
>> than one account should have access rights. But did not
>> allow me to. Any suggestions as to what one can do to login
>> to the server? Non-interactive logins like those used by a
>> share work, just logins at the console are refused. The
>> error message is "Could not log you on, make sure name and
>> domain are correct". Any suggestions anyone?
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