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HELP!!!! BIG TROUBLE w/ WIN2000 PRO

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by shanghai sam

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Hey i think i did a stupid thing today and need some major help. Firt off i'm running windows 2000 pro at home and here's my problem...well let expalin what i did so that u can help me out. I right clicked on "my computer" then "properties" and wentto "network identification" then click on "network ID". The "network id wizard" poped up
then i clicked on "this computer is for home use...."and proceeded to the next step and i clicked on "windows always assumes the following user has logged on to this computer" and i entered the following user name: administrator and the password and confirmed it. I got a prompt that said the changes will go in effect after reboot so i rebooted the machine. Now here's the problem, when the machine rebooted i got a messege on the log in screen saying "The system could not log u on. make sure your user name and domain is correct....." And no matter what i typed it would not log me in. The password i set doesn't work and nothing is working. please help
i think i'm permanetly locked out of my computer...

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by support queen

You actually don't have a problem. What you did was simply added another local user. Just log in as the user that you logged in with prior to this.

by bohicam1

When the logon box appears, click on the button that says options. The logon box will expand to show where you are logging into...either a domain or to the local machine. I suspect you added a local machine account but you are still trying to log into a domain with your new account.
Good luck!

Mike

by admin

As far as not being able to log in as the administrator at all, keep in mind that passwords are case sensitive so make sure that caps lock isn't on. Also remember that there may be a lock-out time period for the administrator's login if the login failed a certain number of times (default: 3 times, 30 mins). Someone else already recommended this but, check your domain and see if you're logging in to your computer or some other domain. The admin passwords for each domain are probably different.

by john shi

method 1
Try starting it up in safe mode, then you should be able to perform a logon. use your administrator account and password to login. If you cannot, then use method 2

method 2
If you are using FAT32, it'll be easy, boot it up w/ a Win98 boot disk, go to C:\winnt\system32\ rename logon.scr to anything and rename compmgmt.msc to logon.scr

once you manage to boot it up, leave it till the screensaver kicks in. it should launch the computer mgmt console. delete all the extra users and set password for the administrator account. You should be OK

if you are on NTFS, maybe a bit tricker. try the above after you manage to boot in w/ NTFSDOS

by joseph moore

So, you set the Autologon feature, and now it is trying to login with the last username/password you used. And it sounds like the password you typed in for the Administrator account was incorrect.
Now, whenever you power up the machine, it tries tolog in with this Admin account and fails.
Ok. With the machine on (and with this cannot log in error message), hold down the Shift key on the keyboard. Don't release the key.
Now, reboot. Keep Shift held down.
When the machine comes up, it shouldcome up with the normal login screen. Type in a valid user name and password and click OK.
You should be in your system now.

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