Windows 2000 logon error

Hey guys, I hope someone here could help me resvole this issue i'm having here at work.
I recieved a call from a user at a workstation saying they could not log on to the network with an error saying the password was mistyped (check the caps lock) etc. I logged in with dameware so i could try out the password on the account that was given to me. The password did not work for even me. I tried logging on to the account from my workstation and again it did not work. I reset the account and the account password and even after changing the password I still could not logon and it gave me the same error message. I thought this was very strange.



Can anyone help me resolve this issue without creating a new account for the user?


Thanks in advance!

Just a thought....

Were they logging into the domain or the local machine?

Hmmm,

I have never come across this with Win 2000 but I vaguely remember something similar with NT4.0

1. Are you using roaming profiles?
2. Do you have fixed profiles?..........like that User ID and password will only work from that desktop.........in which case you will have to get the user to try the new password from their workstation.

If it were NT4.0 (remember Win2K is just MS marketing speak for NT 5.0, they are very similar) I would say that you have a corrupt roaming profile, assuming that you are using them.

It might work if you logon at the user machine with the network cable unplugged..........it won't like it and give you error messages, then the chance to log on with the local profile.........you need to be patient, it takes its time as I recall. Take that option and you should get into the local machine. Change the password (that should update the local profile) then plug back into the network, then log off.

You should then get a message along the lines of " your local profile is newer than your roaming profile....etc....do you want to update it"............say yes, power down then power back up and (hopefully) you should be able to get back in.

Not sure if that helps, otherwise you are going to have to create a new user account AFAIK.

Cheers

what exactly was the error message??

another thing to look at is the possibility that too many bad passwords was entered and the account locked out...

Hi, Djscribble,

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I reset the account and the account password

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That should have cleared the too many failed passwords problem, shouldn't it...........it used to do with NT4.0?

Cheers

What does event viewer say?
Are you logging failed attempts?
Did the SID get jacked?
Did the user get removed from "access this computer from the network" or "log on locally" policies?

Well, The user was trying to log into a domain. Here is a question.... after the password was reset to company default..... does it need a reboot? that might have been the issue it might have needed to reboot to update the sam file. It wasn't too many bad attempts because that would cause the user to locked out totally it would pause for 30 seconds to prevent any brute force.

Also, I tried logging into the local machine and through the domain but neither worked. Given I was using Dameware remote desktop software but that would have nothing to do with it that just means the user was on the network to me... and I could see everything the user was doing while trying password attempts i also had the user try the new password also.

still stumped.

If you cannot log into the local machine, locally, then that is where your problem is..........the local PC is screwed...............you will most probably have to do a re-install.

Try getting the user to boot the machine whilst NOT connected to the network........they should try the old password, then the new.

Cheers

There is no need to reboot after changing the password. As has been asked is the account a local or roaming type account. I am not sure if you answered this but did you try to log into your computer with the users account or get the user to try logging on another computer? If they can log on another computer then you may have a corrupte profile.

if u are using "old" domain structure (a.k.a. Windows NT 4 domain servers), and have more than one server/location, you must force resync of all servers. Otherwise, You changed password on PDC but when you try to logon, BDC (with old pwd) answer and get wrong one.

If it is a roaming profile I would try resetting the profile.

I had a strange occurance like that. For some reason a user couldn't log in. We are using roaming profiles on a single domain it is rather simple. However, she couldn't logon at all. I changed the password and Everything and still nothing. So I decided to backup here profile (her settings and such) delete the account and re-enter and import back the data and viola it worked. This might be able to help ya. Remember to backup the user preferences.

- MilitantEidolon

Roger that... the user could not log on to her local computer nor the domain. I went ahead and created a new account 'jspankins5' and it worked. Though, still for some reason her old account does not work I guess i'll have to go ahead and delete it.


Thanks alot guys!

Just a silly thought if W2K accounts are set to default then after 3 failed passwords it is locked. So so to the account profile and find Account Expires...and you may find the account locked out. Sorry I have a simple mind :)