Only administrators can login to a stand alone Windows 2000 W2K box

[Robert.Baldi]

First off - thanks to those who have mentioned the known fixes to this
problem - but none of those have worked. Thank you to everyone who is
reading this.

Problem: I can login to a Windows 2000 stand alone systems as long as
I am the administrator (or a user with admin priv.) When I create a
user, the user can press CTRL+AL+DEL to login... then a blank screen
comes up with a mouse curser on the screen. The user can press
CTRL+ALT+DEL to run a task like cmd.exe and use the command line to
perform the following fix (which I might add does not work).
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Open Task Manager>File>New Task (Run). Type cmd.exe, and then press
ENTER. If necessary, change to the %SystemRoot% folder. This is
typically the Winnt or Windows folder. Rename the Shdocvw.dll file by
typing ren shdocvw.dll shdocvw.old. Restart the computer.
Note: Other older files that may cause problems with Explorer.exe or
the shell if they are located in %SystemRoot% folder: Browseui.dll,
Comctl32.dll, Comdlg32.dll, Mlang.dll, Ole32.dll, Oleaut32.dll,
Shdocvw.dll, Shell32.dll, Shlwapi.dll, Urlmon.dll, Wininet.dll,
Setupapi.dll.
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I gave everyone full access to the WINNT folder under the C:\ drive and
that allowed users to login... but I cannot leave it that way (due to
the local security policies in my office) and I cannot reload the OS
either.

Thanks,

Robert Baldi, MCSA

 

[Dave Patrick]

This article may help. The permissions are probably incorrect.

How to Restore the Default NTFS Permissions for Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=266118

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

| First off - thanks to those who have mentioned the known fixes to this
| problem - but none of those have worked. Thank you to everyone who is
| reading this.
|
| Problem: I can login to a Windows 2000 stand alone systems as long as
| I am the administrator (or a user with admin priv.) When I create a
| user, the user can press CTRL+AL+DEL to login... then a blank screen
| comes up with a mouse curser on the screen. The user can press
| CTRL+ALT+DEL to run a task like cmd.exe and use the command line to
| perform the following fix (which I might add does not work).
| ----------------------------------------------------------------
| Open Task Manager>File>New Task (Run). Type cmd.exe, and then press
| ENTER. If necessary, change to the %SystemRoot% folder. This is
| typically the Winnt or Windows folder. Rename the Shdocvw.dll file by
| typing ren shdocvw.dll shdocvw.old. Restart the computer.
| Note: Other older files that may cause problems with Explorer.exe or
| the shell if they are located in %SystemRoot% folder: Browseui.dll,
| Comctl32.dll, Comdlg32.dll, Mlang.dll, Ole32.dll, Oleaut32.dll,
| Shdocvw.dll, Shell32.dll, Shlwapi.dll, Urlmon.dll, Wininet.dll,
| Setupapi.dll.
| -------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| I gave everyone full access to the WINNT folder under the C:\ drive and
| that allowed users to login... but I cannot leave it that way (due to
| the local security policies in my office) and I cannot reload the OS
| either.
|
| Thanks,
|
| Robert Baldi, MCSA
|

 

[Robert.Baldi]

Thanks for the suggestion... but I am still having the problem... even
with the new security configuration file. I might just have to rebuild
the whole image.

 

[Dave Patrick]

These may help.

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q292/1/75.ASP

What an In-Place Windows 2000 Upgrade Changes and What It Does Not Change
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q306952

Be sure to apply these to your repair install before connecting to any
network.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

| Thanks for the suggestion... but I am still having the problem... even
| with the new security configuration file. I might just have to rebuild
| the whole image.
|