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Win.2000 Pro. logon problem

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by jvrbankole

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I have a thinkpad with a 2000 professional OS running. I made changes on my domain name, userid and password; when trying to logon after restarting, I am getting message stated that my domain and userid not correct. I am positive that I have been putting the correct domain and userid and password. I am unable to logon into the window logon screen. My only solution is to reinstall Win2000 Pro and that will have to partioned and format my hard-drive. How can i get into the system without loosingmy data?...Please someone help me.

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by dbedford

Try logging into the computer locally not the domain. Use the local admin account you setup during installation.

From the logon prompt..ctrl-alt-del. Than select options. From the logon drop down menu select the local computer name. Than logon. Once in you can troubleshoot the domain logon issue.

Hope this helps.

by shanghai sam

I tried to get into the options drop down menu; but the menu is not showing the options to choose, instead i am getting a check box to logon using dailup connection. I really appreciate any suggestion you can render.
Thanks

by rnwindahl

I've seen this if you changed the domain name that you used to authenticate to it. The new domain needs to have trusts reestablished. Im assuming this is a Win2K server but depending on if it is a small business server there are a couple of differant ways to add the pc to the domain.
Also in the loggin process you can logon localy or to the domain. Check to see if you can logon localy. It may come down to a simple change to your networking settings. Dont over think this and do something drastic.

by shanghai sam

Sorry I should have explain that I was not trying to log into a network; As a matter of fact, I am no longer working with the Company that I originally setup my laptop and I probably do not remember the administrator password anymore. I had tried tologon locally using the option drop down menu, but nothing is showing but a checkbox for dailup connection. I am very greatful for your help.

by jvrbankole

I did a parallel install and then went into documents & settings in explorer and copy the desktop from my old loggon id into my new desktop and then reinstalled some other application needed. My problem now is... I am running out of space on my C drive because of multiple desktops...but i think my problem has being solved..Thanks to all that responded. Grately appreciated.

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