Hi, My next step would be to boot into safe mode and try a local account there. Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Barry Toner Sent: 28 May 2014 17:40 To: Blind sysadmins list (blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org) Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Can't log onto a Windows Vista PC Folks Have any of you seen this before? I've been given a PC with no details just get it working for user X. When I try and log in I've got the ctrl, alt, del, then the standard type un/pass. there are currently no logon servers available to service the logon request is theerror messages I keep getting, tried logging on locally, tried connecting PC to Ethernet I Tried booting into a Windows PE, changing the username for the local accounts, which was the only way I was able to find out what th elcoal accounts where. in the SAM DB. Any suggestions? Thanks, Barry. Barry Toner IT Assistant IT Department Clanmil Housing Northern Whig House 3 Waring Street Belfast BT1 2DX Tel: 02890 876000 Fax: 02890 876001 _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins

how bout creating a new user name, boot in winpe, then rename sethc.exe to cmd.exe. Now reboot in to the windows gui, then press shift 5 times. Now your at a command prompt windo. Create a new user using net user, and give it a password. Then exit from the command window. Now log in to that user ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Toner" <Barry.Toner@clanmil.org.uk> To: <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 11:40 AM Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Can't log onto a Windows Vista PC

Folks

Have any of you seen this before? I've been given a PC with no details just get it working for user X. When I try and log in I've got the ctrl, alt, del, then the standard type un/pass.

there are currently no logon servers available to service the logon request is theerror messages I keep getting, tried logging on locally, tried connecting PC to Ethernet I Tried booting into a Windows PE, changing the username for the local accounts, which was the only way I was able to find out what th elcoal accounts where. in the SAM DB.

Any suggestions?

Thanks, Barry.

Barry Toner IT Assistant IT Department Clanmil Housing Northern Whig House 3 Waring Street Belfast BT1 2DX Tel: 02890 876000 Fax: 02890 876001

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