I was trying to prevent a user from seeing the Domain to Logon to.

I added the user's account to Deny Logon Locally in

Local Computer Policy>Computer Configurations>Windows Settings>Security
Settings>Local Polices>User Rights Assignment>Deny Logon Locally

Now I can't logon under the user's account, or the Administrator Account, or
my Administrators account.

Can someone help me get back into this machine?

Donald wrote:

> Now I can't logon under the user's account, or the Administrator Account, or
> my Administrators account.
>
> Can someone help me get back into this machine?

Try booting into safe mode, this may allow you to log into the local
administrator account.

Harry.

Thanks for replying Harry,
This does not work even in safe mode
using the Administrator account I get "The policy of this machine does not
allow you to logon interactively."

"Harry Johnston" wrote:

> Donald wrote:
>
> > Now I can't logon under the user's account, or the Administrator Account, or
> > my Administrators account.
> >
> > Can someone help me get back into this machine?
>
> Try booting into safe mode, this may allow you to log into the local
> administrator account.
>
> Harry.
>

I also tried booting to the Recovery Console and using ntrights.exe to reset
the users profile, but the recovery console does not recognize ntrights.exe.
I also tried putting the hard drive into another machine and using
ntrights.exe, but then it asked for the sid number and gave an error 87 or 81.

I am probably going to have to reformat this hard drive.

"Donald" wrote:

> Thanks for replying Harry,
> This does not work even in safe mode
> using the Administrator account I get "The policy of this machine does not
> allow you to logon interactively."
>
> "Harry Johnston" wrote:
>
> > Donald wrote:
> >
> > > Now I can't logon under the user's account, or the Administrator Account, or
> > > my Administrators account.
> > >
> > > Can someone help me get back into this machine?
> >
> > Try booting into safe mode, this may allow you to log into the local
> > administrator account.
> >
> > Harry.
> >

Donald wrote:

> I also tried booting to the Recovery Console and using ntrights.exe to reset
> the users profile, but the recovery console does not recognize ntrights.exe.
> I also tried putting the hard drive into another machine and using
> ntrights.exe, but then it asked for the sid number and gave an error 87 or 81.

There is a way around, given that you've got another Windows machine you can put
the hard drive into. Warning: this procedure is not supported by Microsoft, so
I can't promise it won't damage the system. However, if you're about to format
the disk anyway ...

First make a backup copy of the contents of \windows\system32\config from the
damaged system.

Run regedit, click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and then select Load Hive from the File
Menu. Select the file named "system" from the folder \windows\system32\config
on the damaged system. Name the key xxx (or whatever, doesn't matter really).

Open the xxx key, then the Setup key inside it. Change SetupType to 2. Change
CmdLine to cmd.exe. Shut down and boot to the original system. You should get
a command window from which it should be possible to run ntrights or gpedit.msc.

Harry.

Harry,

I just had a chance to try what you said. It really did work. I
opened up gpedit.msc and undid what I had done and then I opened regedit and
returned the registry key CmdLine to a blank. The Change SetupType was
already 0. I rebooted the machine and it works great.

You have saved a new computer and me from a lot of work. Thanks many times
over.


Donald Sherr

"Harry Johnston" wrote:

> Donald wrote:
>
> > I also tried booting to the Recovery Console and using ntrights.exe to reset
> > the users profile, but the recovery console does not recognize ntrights.exe.
> > I also tried putting the hard drive into another machine and using
> > ntrights.exe, but then it asked for the sid number and gave an error 87 or 81.
>
> There is a way around, given that you've got another Windows machine you can put
> the hard drive into. Warning: this procedure is not supported by Microsoft, so
> I can't promise it won't damage the system. However, if you're about to format
> the disk anyway ...
>
> First make a backup copy of the contents of \windows\system32\config from the
> damaged system.
>
> Run regedit, click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and then select Load Hive from the File
> Menu. Select the file named "system" from the folder \windows\system32\config
> on the damaged system. Name the key xxx (or whatever, doesn't matter really).
>
> Open the xxx key, then the Setup key inside it. Change SetupType to 2. Change
> CmdLine to cmd.exe. Shut down and boot to the original system. You should get
> a command window from which it should be possible to run ntrights or gpedit.msc.
>
> Harry.
>

Donald wrote:

> I just had a chance to try what you said. It really did work. I
> opened up gpedit.msc and undid what I had done and then I opened regedit and
> returned the registry key CmdLine to a blank. The Change SetupType was
> already 0. I rebooted the machine and it works great.
>
> You have saved a new computer and me from a lot of work. Thanks many times
> over.

Glad I could help.

Harry.