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by alem

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Since yesterday, I’m trying to log in as administrator in Window 2000 Server (Web Server) with the right password, once it started processing, it seemed that I was able to get in but after 30 second or a minute, it came back to the screen “welcome to window”. I then pressed “Ctrl, Alt, Delete” to restart the system and relog in, but the same thing happened again and again. The last determinant that I’m going to do is to reinstall the Win 2000 server. Since I don’t have any other user name to log in as a different user, I have no choice but to reinstall the whole Win 2000 Server. However, before I do that, can you suggest me any alternative? Thank you for your assistance.

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by reference

Could you provide a little more info?
Can you maneuver around before this second login comes up?
Does it do this in an endless loop?
Can you utilize the services/resources while this is happening? (shared drives, access the web site)
Have you checked to make sure the screensaver is not set to a login screensaver requiring a password?
If you can get around in the short 30 - 60 seconds, have you looked to see if there is anything in the startup folder that might be causing this?
Are all the services running that are supposed to be running?
Have you tried to add different user?
Most of these things can be accomplished within 30 -60 seconds IF you are able to maneuver the O/S at all.

by tsrl

definitely the administrator profile is corrupted
or explorer.exe has gone bad..

u can do one thing ..if u have any other system which is connected with the server in network..
then delete the administrator profile by connected to the server remotely...
or
if the 2k is loaded in the fat partition then u can boot with a floppy & physically delete the adminitrator profile..
hope this will solve your problem

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