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by shadoglare 1 view

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I have a Windows 2000 laptop that I recently set up for a user - we are in the process of changing all the users from one domain from the other.
1) This user logs in fine under the old domain.
2) If he tries to log in under the new domain, the computer complains "Cannot log in - netlogin service not running."
3) If any OTHER user logs into the new domain on this computer, even immediately after the first user, it works fine.
4) I have deleted all of this user's profiles from the machine, tono avail.

Any ideas what could be causing this prejudice against this one user?

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by dcassat

It sounds like the computer account on the domain controller needs to be deleted and re-added. So if the computer is named wks1, make sure to delete wks1 from the server to make sure there isn't a conflicting computer SID.

by shadoglare

This problem is becoming more common on new installs in the office and is really starting to weird me out.
Anyway, I don't believe it's a computer account issue because in some cases these are new systems/names that have never been on the network before, and also, wouldn't a computer account issue stop *everybody?* from logging on?
I've also tried changing the SIDs with no effect :(

by ploppy

The Username and computer =name aren't the same are they?

It shouldn't be possible to get in this state, but if youv'e been deleting and adding users and computers it might be possible.

Try renaming the user account.

by shadoglare

The names are similar but different. For example, a PC for user "jdoe" would be "jdoedt."
I've tried copying, renaming, and re-creating the accounts, none of which has worked.

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