Guest Trimelater Posted July 14, 2007 Posted July 14, 2007 I have a server where the domain controller is called ARC. I formatted the server to increase the partition of the C: drive. After reinstalling the OS and using the same name called ARC again. I am not able to logon to XP Pro only if I changed the user named. I believed the current username is cache which enables the user to logon. If a different user logon, then the cache is lost and there is no means to logon. Well, my stupid thinking said, why don't remove the domain and join a work group and then rejoin the ARC domain. After reboot, I can't logon and I don't have the administrator password. I will attempt to logon as a "Guest" which I doubt I can do anything with it. Please let me know if there is any means to logon locally and allow myself to rejoin the domain again. Is there any solution where I can avoid reinstalling the O/S?
Guest Trimelater Posted July 14, 2007 Posted July 14, 2007 RE: Lock out of XP Pro after formatting Windows 2003 Server "Trimelater" wrote: > I have a server where the domain controller is called ARC. I formatted the > server to increase the partition of the C: drive. After reinstalling the OS > and using the same name called ARC again. I am not able to logon to XP Pro > only if I changed the user named. I believed the current username is cache > which enables the user to logon. If a different user logon, then the cache is > lost and there is no means to logon. > > Well, my stupid thinking said, why don't remove the domain and join a work > group and then rejoin the ARC domain. After reboot, I can't logon and I > don't have the administrator password. > > I will attempt to logon as a "Guest" which I doubt I can do anything with > it. Please let me know if there is any means to logon locally and allow > myself to rejoin the domain again. > Is there any solution where I can avoid reinstalling the O/S? Tomorrow, I will attempt to use these two knowledge base article. I hope this resolves my issue. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/305478/ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306214 If you have any better suggestion, please let me know.
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted July 14, 2007 Posted July 14, 2007 Re: Lock out of XP Pro after formatting Windows 2003 Server "Trimelater" <Trimelater@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:88418414-BFC5-4D8A-AAC7-035666AE4C6D@microsoft.com... >I have a server where the domain controller is called ARC. I formatted the > server to increase the partition of the C: drive. After reinstalling the > OS > and using the same name called ARC again. I am not able to logon to XP > Pro > only if I changed the user named. I believed the current username is > cache > which enables the user to logon. If a different user logon, then the cache > is > lost and there is no means to logon. > > Well, my stupid thinking said, why don't remove the domain and join a work > group and then rejoin the ARC domain. After reboot, I can't logon and I > don't have the administrator password. > > I will attempt to logon as a "Guest" which I doubt I can do anything with > it. Please let me know if there is any means to logon locally and allow > myself to rejoin the domain again. > Is there any solution where I can avoid reinstalling the O/S? How about the trusty old Nordahl boot disk? http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html
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