Yeah.


The welcome screen doesnt lock up, it's just blank (in the section for users)

The shutdown link at the bottom left works.

When trying to login without the welcome screen, I get an error msg:


"The system could not log you on, please check the password and domain, yada yada yada"

Windows XP Home

Administrator should have no PWD, but it wont let me login. I'm 100% sure the passwords being typed are correct.

This is another machine, not the one I'm typing on, if that wasnt obvious.

4/20/2006 1:55:11 PM

And NT pwd recovery says it can't reset the pwd.

4/20/2006 1:55:55 PM

reinstall time.

4/20/2006 1:58:12 PM

Repair wont work.



and i can't really get any info on how windows users are stored, or how to repair the database.

Users folders appear in tact when accessing from a LiveCD.

and I realize the difference between repair/re-install.

I'd like to avoid the reinstall.

[Edited on April 20, 2006 at 2:01 PM. Reason : ]

4/20/2006 2:01:03 PM

Did you try doing a control+alt+delete at the blank welcome screen?

4/20/2006 2:13:06 PM

Quote :

"When trying to login without the welcome screen, I get an error msg:"

4/20/2006 2:13:56 PM

format c:

4/20/2006 4:07:29 PM

XP Home is giving you an error message about the Domain? That's weird ... I don't use Home, but I thought it had noting to do with domains?

I'm not familiar with the program you mentioned ... you tried pwdump and a password cracking tool yet?

4/20/2006 5:32:02 PM

anything of relevance showing in the system logs?

4/20/2006 5:52:46 PM

I didnt think of that, since I'd have to access the logs from the liveCD.



And yeah, I thought the domain error was strange too, but i chaulked it up to outsourcing.

4/21/2006 12:11:33 AM

hahaha

4/22/2006 12:57:04 AM

reinstalling your OS is regular maintenance

4/22/2006 1:00:17 AM

^ Only if you use Windows?

4/22/2006 1:12:11 AM

^^

Thanks for that gem of intellect.

4/22/2006 2:26:42 AM