Logon Problem after clean reinstall XP

[Guest Juls]

-- Hi...I can't find help for this at the microsoft support site or anywhere

for

that matter! The computer is a Dell Latitude D600 laptop...It's running

windows media 2005...It was the victim of a very bad virus and after much

effort I decided to do a clean reinstall of XP using the recovery disc...The

reinstall went fine, but when I rebooted it wanted an administrator

password...There never was one so that was odd..it also showed an error

message that said the following:

 

The System cannot log you on due to the following error:

The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted.

Please try again or consult your system administrator

 

After some research I found a way to get into the user accounts during the

actual installation, so I ran the install again, created new user accounts,

one with administrator rights, and then assigned new passwords..All went

well, the system rebooted, I clicked on the administrator account when it

asked for that, was almost in and bam..the error above came up and I still

can't get in. So I don't think the problem is a password issue.....Searching

using that error message returns posts about the same problem after a clean

xp install on windows media, but no solutions were forthcoming...So, thank

you for reading and I'm open to any ideas anyone may have...

--

Thank you!

Juls

 

Thank you!

Juls

[Guest sgopus]

RE: Logon Problem after clean reinstall XP

 

By default the administrators passowrd is left blank, just hit enter.

 

"Juls" wrote:

>

> -- Hi...I can't find help for this at the microsoft support site or anywhere

> for

> that matter! The computer is a Dell Latitude D600 laptop...It's running

> windows media 2005...It was the victim of a very bad virus and after much

> effort I decided to do a clean reinstall of XP using the recovery disc...The

> reinstall went fine, but when I rebooted it wanted an administrator

> password...There never was one so that was odd..it also showed an error

> message that said the following:

>

> The System cannot log you on due to the following error:

> The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted.

> Please try again or consult your system administrator

>

> After some research I found a way to get into the user accounts during the

> actual installation, so I ran the install again, created new user accounts,

> one with administrator rights, and then assigned new passwords..All went

> well, the system rebooted, I clicked on the administrator account when it

> asked for that, was almost in and bam..the error above came up and I still

> can't get in. So I don't think the problem is a password issue.....Searching

> using that error message returns posts about the same problem after a clean

> xp install on windows media, but no solutions were forthcoming...So, thank

> you for reading and I'm open to any ideas anyone may have...

> --

> Thank you!

> Juls

>

> Thank you!

> Juls

[Guest Juls]

RE: Logon Problem after clean reinstall XP

 

I did that first..I tried using the word administrator, leaving it blank and

every variety in between...Eventually I figured out how to halt the

reinstallation at exactly the right spot and bring up the user account

page..I created all new accounts and passwords and then finished the

reinstallation...But even that did not work in the end...the domain error

comes up regardless. Also, safe mode does not offer a User Account as it

should with XP..only and administrator user is there, and then after i

created different accounts those are there..

--

Thank you!

Juls

 

 

"sgopus" wrote:

> By default the administrators passowrd is left blank, just hit enter.

>

> "Juls" wrote:

>

> >

> > -- Hi...I can't find help for this at the microsoft support site or anywhere

> > for

> > that matter! The computer is a Dell Latitude D600 laptop...It's running

> > windows media 2005...It was the victim of a very bad virus and after much

> > effort I decided to do a clean reinstall of XP using the recovery disc...The

> > reinstall went fine, but when I rebooted it wanted an administrator

> > password...There never was one so that was odd..it also showed an error

> > message that said the following:

> >

> > The System cannot log you on due to the following error:

> > The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted.

> > Please try again or consult your system administrator

> >

> > After some research I found a way to get into the user accounts during the

> > actual installation, so I ran the install again, created new user accounts,

> > one with administrator rights, and then assigned new passwords..All went

> > well, the system rebooted, I clicked on the administrator account when it

> > asked for that, was almost in and bam..the error above came up and I still

> > can't get in. So I don't think the problem is a password issue.....Searching

> > using that error message returns posts about the same problem after a clean

> > xp install on windows media, but no solutions were forthcoming...So, thank

> > you for reading and I'm open to any ideas anyone may have...

> > --

> > Thank you!

> > Juls

> >

> > Thank you!

> > Juls

[Guest chrisinparra]

RE: Logon Problem after clean reinstall XP

 

I currently have this problem as well. When I installed XP I was promted to

enter the names of anyone that would use the pc so that XP could create user

accounts. It did not ask for passwords to be setup. Now I get the logon

screen and both user names appear but no passwords work. I have tried leaving

it blank, I have also tried hitting CTRL + ALT + DEL twice to enter the

administrator username but no password works with that either.

 

Please Help!!!

 

"Juls" wrote:

> I did that first..I tried using the word administrator, leaving it blank and

> every variety in between...Eventually I figured out how to halt the

> reinstallation at exactly the right spot and bring up the user account

> page..I created all new accounts and passwords and then finished the

> reinstallation...But even that did not work in the end...the domain error

> comes up regardless. Also, safe mode does not offer a User Account as it

> should with XP..only and administrator user is there, and then after i

> created different accounts those are there..

> --

> Thank you!

> Juls

>

>

> "sgopus" wrote:

>

> > By default the administrators passowrd is left blank, just hit enter.

> >

> > "Juls" wrote:

> >

> > >

> > > -- Hi...I can't find help for this at the microsoft support site or anywhere

> > > for

> > > that matter! The computer is a Dell Latitude D600 laptop...It's running

> > > windows media 2005...It was the victim of a very bad virus and after much

> > > effort I decided to do a clean reinstall of XP using the recovery disc...The

> > > reinstall went fine, but when I rebooted it wanted an administrator

> > > password...There never was one so that was odd..it also showed an error

> > > message that said the following:

> > >

> > > The System cannot log you on due to the following error:

> > > The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted.

> > > Please try again or consult your system administrator

> > >

> > > After some research I found a way to get into the user accounts during the

> > > actual installation, so I ran the install again, created new user accounts,

> > > one with administrator rights, and then assigned new passwords..All went

> > > well, the system rebooted, I clicked on the administrator account when it

> > > asked for that, was almost in and bam..the error above came up and I still

> > > can't get in. So I don't think the problem is a password issue.....Searching

> > > using that error message returns posts about the same problem after a clean

> > > xp install on windows media, but no solutions were forthcoming...So, thank

> > > you for reading and I'm open to any ideas anyone may have...

> > > --

> > > Thank you!

> > > Juls

> > >

> > > Thank you!

> > > Juls