[AccessD] OT W2K Help!!!!!!

Andy Lacey andy at minstersystems.co.uk
Mon Jul 7 16:16:29 CDT 2003


It's definitely not that Pamela. As I said Windows reacts to the correct
password as if it's going to accept it but then comes back to the logon
again. Any other attempted password just gets an Invlid type of message.

Andy Lacey
http://www.minstersystems.co.uk



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> PBudge at cbsol.com
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> Have you considered that the password isn't exactly what you 
> think it is? I did that once.  Took me the longest time to 
> figure it out too because I couldn't believe I'd done the 
> typo twice in a row!
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> Pamela G. Budge
> PBudge at cbsol.com
> Creative Business Solutions
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> Thanks for the reply Lambert but my son's a student. Backups 
> are an unknown word, Formatting the disk and starting from 
> there is a nightmare scenario. I'd happily restart the 
> upgrade but can't even get into Windows to do anything, and 
> anyway I don't imagine one can "upgrade" when you're already on W2K.
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> Andy Lacey
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Heenan, 
> > Lambert
> > Sent: 07 July 2003 21:47
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> > Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT W2K Help!!!!!!
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> > Were it not for the word "upgrading" in your question I'd say just 
> > reinstall W2K again. But it sounds like you were hoping to keep all 
> > the settings for all the other programs already installed 
> under W98, 
> > hence the upgrade.
> >
> > If you have a data backup I'd still go ahead and install 
> W2K again, as 
> > a completely fresh install - letting the setup progie 
> reformat the C 
> > drive - and also set up a D partition for all the data at the same 
> > time. Then install all the other software. Once you've 
> succeeded I'd 
> > suggest going into the passwords policy setting and allow unlimited 
> > password attempts, and never let a P/W expire (zero days to
> > expiration). Unless there are sound security reasons for
> > doing otherwise.
> >
> > Having the separate partition for programs (C) and data (D) 
> does make 
> > life simpler the next time you descried to do a fresh install.
> >
> > All very tedious, but three of four hours should see it completed.
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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From:          Andy Lacey [SMTP:andy at minstersystems.co.uk]
> > > Sent:          Monday, July 07, 2003 4:03 PM
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> > > Would have posted to the new tech list but not sure how 
> many are on 
> > > that yet and this is a bit desperate.
> > >
> > > Have just finished upgrading my son's PC from W98SE to W2K
> > so that he
> > > can attach the iPod I just bought him. Fairly easy until it
> > booted in
> > > W2K for the first time. It asked me for a single password
> > to use for
> > > the existing account and for the new administrator account it has 
> > > created. I used my son's name and it took it fine, except
> > that now I
> > > can't log on at all. It kinda knows 'tom' (for so it is) 
> is correct 
> > > because when I enter that it takes it but just comes
> > straight back to
> > > ask for it again, whereas anything else I type gets rejected as 
> > > invalid. But a lot of b****y good that is when I can't get
> > in. Reboot
> > > after reboot, still no joy. Caps on, caps off. What on
> > earth can I do?
> > > I've scanned the web but software to crack W2K passwords
> > has a price
> > > around $2-300!!!! Help!!!!
> > >
> > > Andy Lacey
> > > http://www.minstersystems.co.uk
> > >
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