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After Virus and Trojan clean up of the Registry, I get the error - unable to log you on because of an account restriction
I was working on a machine remotely and was having an issue with the Windows Update Service not allowing me to set it to Automatic. The Windows Update service was disabled. After some research, I found the resolution here at Experts-Exchange. Message ID 21615856
With this resolution, I searched the registry for the trojan/virus entry that was hooked into the IE AddOns. I deleted all refrences to the file name that was listed. After successfully acomplishing this task, I rebooted the Machine.
The machine rebooted and when I got to windows, the system was prompting me for a password for the user account No password was initially assigned. I can not access the system now.
With this resolution, I searched the registry for the trojan/virus entry that was hooked into the IE AddOns. I deleted all refrences to the file name that was listed. After successfully acomplishing this task, I rebooted the Machine.
The machine rebooted and when I got to windows, the system was prompting me for a password for the user account No password was initially assigned. I can not access the system now.
Seems obvious but did you try just clicking ok without a password?
Well, maybe a first step in solving this problem is resetting the unknown password. This site allows you to download files needed to create a bootable floppy disk or CD-ROM which contains a program that can be used to reset passwords on a Windows NT-based OS (such as WinXP and Vista):
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
Offline NT Password & Registry Editor
It is a rather "geeky" tool; not a nice Windows graphical user interface. You might want to check this page for a demonstration of its use, with screenshots provided in the article:
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/window-on-windows/?p=639
Reset lost Windows passwords with Offline Registry Editor
There is also a video about using this tool here:
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/itdojo/?p=140&tag=nl.e550
Video: Reset Windows passwords with the Offline NT Password and Registry Editor
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
Offline NT Password & Registry Editor
It is a rather "geeky" tool; not a nice Windows graphical user interface. You might want to check this page for a demonstration of its use, with screenshots provided in the article:
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/window-on-windows/?p=639
Reset lost Windows passwords with Offline Registry Editor
There is also a video about using this tool here:
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/itdojo/?p=140&tag=nl.e550
Video: Reset Windows passwords with the Offline NT Password and Registry Editor
ASKER
I have tried to reset the password on this machine for the owner account and the Administrator Account, however, the issue still exists. The passwords were origionally blank, and now I have set the password and the system will not accept the passwords that I have set using the Offlie Registry Editor.
Well this question on the FAQ page suggests that blanking the passwords is the best option:
It seems to change the password, but NT won't agree.
The NTFS code wasn't that great after all (probably didn't write things properly)
My code wasn't that great after all. (it didn't change or changed in the wrong place. The V struct is still marked "here be dragons..")
Try blanking the password instead (menu selection 1), this may straighten things out. In fact, reports indicate: BLANKING RECOMMENDED!
If it still won't work, see the previous solution.
Blanking will probably be the only option in newer releases.
It seems to change the password, but NT won't agree.
The NTFS code wasn't that great after all (probably didn't write things properly)
My code wasn't that great after all. (it didn't change or changed in the wrong place. The V struct is still marked "here be dragons..")
Try blanking the password instead (menu selection 1), this may straighten things out. In fact, reports indicate: BLANKING RECOMMENDED!
If it still won't work, see the previous solution.
Blanking will probably be the only option in newer releases.
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Thank you for your solution. These steps worked perfectly to correct my issue. The Keys shown were deleted during the registry clean, and this solution put the necessary keys back. Thank You.
ASKER
Thank you for your solution. These steps worked perfectly to correct my issue. The Keys shown were deleted during the registry clean, and this solution put the necessary keys back. Thank You.