big problem ... need help
First things first:
Windows 2000 professional/ service pack 2...
This computer is in my stepfather’s office. It is his personal computer on which he stores all the information for his company. The system is set on automatic logon for the original built-in Administrative account. The Administrator account had a blank password. At some point we decided to actually change the password into something. Let's call that password "fish". At that point I've noticed that the "full computer name" was a random combination of letters and numbers exactly the way windows installation picks them IF and only IF you don't provide the name yourself. (Those of you who installed windows before, you know what I mean)
So:
1. The password was changed.
2. The “full computer name” was changed
3. The system was left on automatic logon of account “Administrator”
After that, system requested a reboot.
After I rebooted the system. The OS was trying to auto logon w/ the password but it said that the “system was unable to log you on”. How the hell can system tell itself that it cannot log itself on? What the hell did happen? There was no other account on the system so now it’s unusable.
So at this point I figure, **** it. Let me put the HD into a different system and pull the company files out manually and then I figure something out. I noticed that some of the files couldn’t be copied. So I tried to systematically copy what I could. Erase unnecessary content and leave everything that won’t move.
At this point I noticed that somebody turned on EFS (encrypted file system)
Can anyone, anyone help with what to do now. The files won’t move. Is there a cracker or some kind of software you guys have some experience with? This is very important for my to help this guy.