Re: Administrator can't log in locally

> Nope, nothing at all to do with a patch or update [and why does everyone
> assume this?]

Perhaps because the thought of the daily patching puts bad thoughts in
peoples head :-)

"Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]" <sbradcpa@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote in message news:uNpVoc1IGHA.3176@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Nope, nothing at all to do with a patch or update [and why does everyone
> assume this?]
>
> Log in remotely and check the memberships of the Admin.
>
> My guess is that you've stuck in there a member of the power users group
>
> Review the group memberships of the Administrator account. Click on Start,
> Server Management, Users, click on Administrator and review the ?members
> of? tab. By default, the administrator account should only have
> memberships in the following groups:
>
> 1. Administrators
> 2. Domain Admins
> 3. Domain Users
> 4. Enterprise Admins
> 5. Group Policy Creator Owners
> 6. Mobile Users
> 7. Schema Adminis
> 8. And possibly Internet users [if ISA 2000 is installed]
> 9. You should NOT have membership in Power Users.
>
>
>
> rg wrote:
>
>>Howdy!
>>
>>I have an SBS2003 installation that is used only remotely. It has run
>>without a monitor or keyboard for almost two years. Patches are applied
>>and management is done via TS.
>>
>>Now the network is broken and we need access to the server. We plugged in
>>the keyboard and monitor and try logging in locally - AND CAN'T!!!
>>
>>It says the local policy prohibits interactive local login. We are using
>>the administrator account that was used to install SBS in the first place!
>>We even tried using the server name instead of the domain name. All to no
>>avail!
>>
>>So, any idea why this happened? Was there a service pack or other update
>>that took the local administrator account out of the local login policy?
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>
>>


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