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It should have used the SID for the username and just asked for a password, did you enter your renamed administrator account password?<br />

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It should have used the SID for the username and just asked for a password, did you enter your renamed administrator account password?


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I truly apologize for the delay in responding to this question... I was out of pocket for a while and I forgot about this site. &nbsp;Thanks to both of you for your help, it was appreciated.
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I truly apologize for the delay in responding to this question... I was out of pocket for a while and I forgot about this site.  Thanks to both of you for your help, it was appreciated.

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I had heard that renaming the Administrator account (and setting the value in the Group Policy Editor), is very benificial and helps security measures. &nbsp;But, I found out (much to my demise), that by doing this, you can't login to the Recovery Console because that requires you to use the Administrator account. &nbsp;Recently, when I had the registry get corrupted, I ended up having to reinstall windows because the I couldn't use the Recovery Console. &nbsp;Does anyone know of how to use the Recovery Console if the Administrator account has been renamed?
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I had heard that renaming the Administrator account (and setting the value in the Group Policy Editor), is very benificial and helps security measures.  But, I found out (much to my demise), that by doing this, you can't login to the Recovery Console because that requires you to use the Administrator account.  Recently, when I had the registry get corrupted, I ended up having to reinstall windows because the I couldn't use the Recovery Console.  Does anyone know of how to use the Recovery Console if the Administrator account has been renamed?

Renaming the Administrator Account

Windows 2000 is an operating system for use on both client and server computers. It is the successor to Windows NT 4.0, and is the last version of Microsoft Windows to display the "Windows NT" designation. Four editions of Windows 2000 were released (Professional, Server, Advanced Server, and Datacenter Server) that shared a core set of features, including many system utilities such as the Microsoft Management Console. All versions of the operating system support NTFS 3.0, Encrypting File System, as well as basic and dynamic disk storage. The Windows 2000 Server family includes support for Active Directory services, Distributed File System and fault-redundant storage volumes.