mblanco2000
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Can not Login Windows XP
This morning I went to login to my XP computer and I get the error message "Can not login in b/c domain is not available or can not be found" and when I try to login just locally to the computer I get "The local policy does not allow to login interactively"
I have tried mulitple user accounts and nothing. My domain controller is actually messed up, but I have been able to login before using the domain account due to the cached credentials. Now I can not. This is our PC with all of our accounting on it so reformatting is not an option now.
Thanks
MB
I have tried mulitple user accounts and nothing. My domain controller is actually messed up, but I have been able to login before using the domain account due to the cached credentials. Now I can not. This is our PC with all of our accounting on it so reformatting is not an option now.
Thanks
MB
jvuz
Try to login with administrator (locally)
I assume that the netwrok connection is still live and the net work card is showing activity?
The cached credentials may have been deleted if the admins have purged user accounts accross the network using delprof or similar
What is messed up exactly about the DC?
Maybe the IP lease has expired and it can't get a new one?
There are many possibilities, do you have any further information...
james
The cached credentials may have been deleted if the admins have purged user accounts accross the network using delprof or similar
What is messed up exactly about the DC?
Maybe the IP lease has expired and it can't get a new one?
There are many possibilities, do you have any further information...
james
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I have tried to login locally with the admin account and password and get the error about not being able to login interactively.
The domain controller had to be taken off the network. The computer was having hardware issues and it was just taken off for now. We are a small operation so we really did not need a domain anyway.
I just need to get into this computer somehow at least just to get the information off of it.
MB
The domain controller had to be taken off the network. The computer was having hardware issues and it was just taken off for now. We are a small operation so we really did not need a domain anyway.
I just need to get into this computer somehow at least just to get the information off of it.
MB
Looks like you have completely locked yourself out of the workstation, either fix the domain and get in that way, or do another install of XP to a separate directory on the machine and get the data out that way.
Can you log into any of your other workstations? If so, see if you can map a network drive to say \\problemcomputer\c$ using the local administrator account. You should be able to get files off that way.
If that works then you might be able to edit the local policy to allow interactive logons by running mmc.exe, adding the Group Policy snap-in, and connecting to the problem computer.
If that works then you might be able to edit the local policy to allow interactive logons by running mmc.exe, adding the Group Policy snap-in, and connecting to the problem computer.
If you only need the information of the XP PC, and your happy to do a clean install after you've finished, you could try booting up with a live CD - any of those stating recovery should be good for reading an NTFS partition and copying the data onto either a USB flash, or a network location:
http://www.frozentech.com/content/livecd.php
Alternatively, you can reset the Local Administrator password using a tool such as:
http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm
or a windows boot disk:
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
or you can remove the drive and use as a slave drive on another PC in order to recover the data.
HTH:)
http://www.frozentech.com/content/livecd.php
Alternatively, you can reset the Local Administrator password using a tool such as:
http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm
or a windows boot disk:
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
or you can remove the drive and use as a slave drive on another PC in order to recover the data.
HTH:)
you cannot log on as there is not DC to authnicate the users , and i think you have some policy to prohibt login local account interactivly ,
after 10 times the cased credeintials expires and have to refresh from domain , so try to use wininternals so you can load the local policy to allow you interact and copy the data to some were else so you can install fresh install of xp
after 10 times the cased credeintials expires and have to refresh from domain , so try to use wininternals so you can load the local policy to allow you interact and copy the data to some were else so you can install fresh install of xp
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Take a look at using NTRights here: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=276590. Although it is for Windows 2000, it show work equally well on a Windows XP machine.
ON the login screen, press ctrl-alt-del twice continuously. This should give you another login screen, see if you can login through that.