Andy Lacey
andy at minstersystems.co.uk
Wed Jul 9 03:54:15 CDT 2003
Drew Replied on the tech list. Andy Lacey http://www.minstersystems.co.uk > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Drew Wutka > Sent: 08 July 2003 21:29 > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' > Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT W2K Help!!!!!! > > > Just read the article, if you have booted to DOS, just do this step: > > Create a "fake" Winnt\System32 folder structure on the drive > that is suspected as being assigned the original boot > partition drive letter, and then expand and copy the > Userinit.exe file from the Windows 2000 CD-ROM into the > Winnt\System32 folder on that drive. > > Drew > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Lacey [mailto:andy at minstersystems.co.uk] > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 4:24 AM > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'; > dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com > Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT W2K Help!!!!!! > > > Cross-posted to AccessD and dba-tech > > Hi Bert-Jan > Thanks for your help. > > Yes I tried to login as administrator, but the same occurs. > And I now know it's not a password issue. The symptoms are > exactly as described in > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;249321 > "After you try to log on to your Windows 2000-based computer > by using a valid user name and password, the Loading your > personal settings dialog box is displayed, followed by the > Saving your settings dialog box. However, the desktop does > not appear, and the Welcome to Windows logon screen is > displayed again" > > Essentially it seems to be that the file userinit.exe is in > one place but the registry is pointing to it in a different > place. I can now access the C: drive (it is fat32) via a > newer DOS disk, and the userinit.exe file is in > c:\windows\system32. That leaves me with the question of how > to interrorgate a W2K registry when I can't get W2k started. > And I have no other W2K machines and I'm not on a network. > Any of you kind and wonderful people any idea on that one? > > Andy Lacey > http://www.minstersystems.co.uk > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of > > Bert-Jan Brinkhuis > > Sent: 08 July 2003 10:11 > > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > > Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT W2K Help!!!!!! > > > > > > Andy, > > > > just some suggestions: > > > > - did you try loggin in as administrator? > > > > Are you using any security policies? Is C formatted as NTFS? > > (i think so when your dos boot disk doesn't see C:) We had > > soemthing of the same and the users couldn't log in because > > they were not granted access to 'personal settings' and thus > > could not log in..... And administrator could > > > > - Is any of the data in the windows system folders? (Windows, > > Winnt, my documents. My ...)? > > > > Because if it isn't you might consider the reinstall.... i > > had a problem reinstalling once, couldn't even startup the PC > > anymore. Someone asked me the same and said if i reinstalled > > there might be the possiblilty windows will instal over the > > same folders as it did before and the data might be accessed > > after reinstalling. Since that was my only option (recovering > > the data was far too expensive for a home pc) i tried it and > > all my data was accessable...! No guarantee this will work > > for you aswell... ;-) > > > > HTH > > > > Bert-Jan > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Andy Lacey" <andy at minstersystems.co.uk> > > To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" > > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 10:03 PM > > Subject: [AccessD] OT W2K Help!!!!!! > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > AccessD mailing list > > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/a> ccessd > > Website: > > http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/a> ccessd > Website: > http://www.databaseadvisors.com > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/a> ccessd > Website: > http://www.databaseadvisors.com >