Guest gram pappy Posted October 11, 2008 Posted October 11, 2008 Several days ago upon reading in a security newsgroup: "Use two computer accounts. Using separate accounts will protect against the vast majority of malware. Use a Limited account for all of your daily work. Use an Administrator account only for administrative tasks." I know this is basic old hat but I'm slow. Anyhow I took the plunge and set up the two accounts. Orig Administrator account: AEM Changed to: AEM Admin (with administrator owned files on C:\Documents and Settings\AEM) Created new Limited account: AEM I then spent several hours copying needed files such as Start menu, Boolmarks, Favorites and personal utilities. I plugged alone for two-three days but the more duplicate files was a PITA. So now to my 'not so bright idea', to get rid of the Limited account using ERDNT to restore prior to creating the Limited account. Got rid of Limited account... but XP is confused(so am I) as: On bootup get two dialog boxes. In the background is a 'Logon to Windows' box, showing logon as AEM(should be gone?) but I get no access to it. In the foreground box labeled 'Logon Message' reads: "The System could not logon. Make sure your User Name and Domain are correct, then type your password again. Letters in password must be typed using correct case." [OK] Clicking OK, the two boxes disappear and bootup continues normally. No other computer problems. Any help appreciated. TIA -- gram
Guest Jason Posted October 11, 2008 Posted October 11, 2008 Re: XP Pro SP2 now has Logon Message(long) Do you still have your original accounts? You don't need to add Administrator as this Administrations account already exists but you should set a logon password for it. I don't think this account can be deleted under XP. "gram pappy" <nospam@example.invalid> wrote in message news:O0WZX%230KJHA.5740@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > > Several days ago upon reading in a security newsgroup: > "Use two computer accounts. Using separate accounts will protect > against the vast majority of malware. Use a Limited account for all of > your daily work. Use an Administrator account only for administrative > tasks." > > I know this is basic old hat but I'm slow. Anyhow I took the plunge and > set up the two accounts. > > Orig Administrator account: AEM Changed to: AEM Admin > (with administrator owned files on C:\Documents and Settings\AEM) > Created new Limited account: AEM > > I then spent several hours copying needed files such as Start menu, > Boolmarks, Favorites and personal utilities. I plugged alone for > two-three days but the more duplicate files was a PITA. So now to my > 'not so bright idea', to get rid of the Limited account using ERDNT to > restore prior to creating the Limited account. > > Got rid of Limited account... but XP is confused(so am I) as: > On bootup get two dialog boxes. In the background is a 'Logon to > Windows' box, showing logon as AEM(should be gone?) but I get no > access to it. > In the foreground box labeled 'Logon Message' reads: > "The System could not logon. Make sure your User Name and Domain > are correct, then type your password again. Letters in password must > be typed using correct case." [OK] > Clicking OK, the two boxes disappear and bootup continues normally. > > No other computer problems. Any help appreciated. TIA > -- > gram > >
Guest gram pappy Posted October 11, 2008 Posted October 11, 2008 Re: XP Pro SP2 now has Logon Message(long) Yes, have all orig accounts. Have not done anything to basic Administrations account. I added Admin to name to distinguish one from the other. -- gram "Jason" <JAllen@Hotmail.com> wrote in message news:%23Q1cR21KJHA.456@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Do you still have your original accounts? You don't need to add > Administrator as this Administrations account already exists but you > should set a logon password for it. I don't think this account can be > deleted under XP. >> "gram pappy" <nospam@example.invalid> wrote in message >> news:O0WZX%230KJHA.5740@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> >> set up the two accounts. >> Orig Administrator account: AEM Changed to: AEM Admin >> Created new Limited account: AEM >> >> I then spent several hours copying needed files such as Start menu, >> Boolmarks, Favorites and personal utilities. I plugged alone for >> two-three days but the more duplicate files was a PITA. So now to my >> 'not so bright idea', to get rid of the Limited account using ERDNT >> to >> restore prior to creating the Limited account. >> >> Got rid of Limited account... but XP is confused(so am I) as: >> On bootup get two dialog boxes. In the background is a 'Logon to >> Windows' box, showing logon as AEM(should be gone?) but I get no >> access to it. >> In the foreground box labeled 'Logon Message' reads: >> "The System could not logon. Make sure your User Name and Domain >> are correct, then type your password again. Letters in password must >> be typed using correct case." [OK] >> Clicking OK, the two boxes disappear and bootup continues normally. >> >> No other computer problems. Any help appreciated. TIA >> -- >> gram >>
Guest gram pappy Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 Re: XP Pro SP2 now has Logon Message(Fixed) Re: XP Pro SP2 now has Logon Message(Fixed) I have solved my bootup pausing with two dialog boxes problem by renaming my Administrator account "AEM Admin" back to "AEM". To clarify, this is not the "Built-in Administrator" account. Computer running just fine... -- gram > "gram pappy" <nospam@example.invalid> wrote in message > news:O0WZX%230KJHA.5740@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > > Several days ago upon reading in a security newsgroup: > "Use two computer accounts. Using separate accounts will protect > against the vast majority of malware. Use a Limited account for all > of your daily work. Use an Administrator account only for > administrative tasks." > I know this is basic old hat but I'm slow. Anyhow I took the plunge > and set up the two accounts: > Orig Administrator account: AEM Changed to: AEM Admin > (with administrator owned files on C:\Documents and Settings\AEM) > Created new Limited account: AEM > I then spent several hours copying needed files such as Start menu, > Boolmarks, Favorites and personal utilities. I plugged alone for > two-three days but the more duplicate files was a PITA. So now to my > 'not so bright idea', to get rid of the Limited account using ERDNT to > restore prior to creating the Limited account. > Got rid of Limited account... but XP is confused(so am I) as: > On bootup get two dialog boxes. In the background is a 'Logon to > Windows' box, showing logon as AEM(should be gone?) but I get no > access to it. > In the foreground box labeled 'Logon Message' reads: > "The System could not logon. Make sure your User Name and Domain > are correct, then type your password again. Letters in password must > be typed using correct case." [OK] > Clicking OK, the two boxes disappear and bootup continues normally. > No other computer problems. Any help appreciated. TIA > -- > gram >
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