Win 2000 Server Locks Up after logon - Please Help

[Guest]

I have a small business server 2000. Everything was running fine then
someone installed an older version of office. Since then I have not been
able to login. I will come up and prompt for login usr/pwd and starts to
load the policies and profiles then just sits there. I try to login in safe
mode same thing. If I hit ctrl-Alt-Del I can get into task manager and
logoff/shutdown. Nothing is in the applications section and under processes
I cannot shut any processes off. I tried to use the system restore command
and it asks for a password. I type it in and it says it is incorrect however
I can use the same password and it works in Windows.

 

[rickiez]

Try loading "last known good configuration" and if that doesn't work
restore system state from tape.

 

[David H. Lipman]

Logon via non-dedicated server process or from a workstation ?

Dave



| I have a small business server 2000. Everything was running fine then
| someone installed an older version of office. Since then I have not been
| able to login. I will come up and prompt for login usr/pwd and starts to
| load the policies and profiles then just sits there. I try to login in safe
| mode same thing. If I hit ctrl-Alt-Del I can get into task manager and
| logoff/shutdown. Nothing is in the applications section and under processes
| I cannot shut any processes off. I tried to use the system restore command
| and it asks for a password. I type it in and it says it is incorrect however
| I can use the same password and it works in Windows.

 

[Guest]

I have tried last known good configuration and nothing has changed. This is
one of our test servers and I do not have a tape backup and there are no
workstations hooked up to it. What I don't understand is that the password I
have used to login with does not work with the recovery console. Any Ideas?

 

[Guest]

This is one of our test servers and I do not have a tape backup and there are
no workstations hooked up to it. What I don't understand is that the
password I have used to login with does not work with the recovery console.
Any Ideas?

 

[David H. Lipman]

Hook up a workstation to it.

Dave



| This is one of our test servers and I do not have a tape backup and there are
| no workstations hooked up to it. What I don't understand is that the
| password I have used to login with does not work with the recovery console.
| Any Ideas?
|
| "David H. Lipman" wrote:
|
| > Logon via non-dedicated server process or from a workstation ?
| >
| > Dave
| >
| >
| >
| > | > | I have a small business server 2000. Everything was running fine then
| > | someone installed an older version of office. Since then I have not been
| > | able to login. I will come up and prompt for login usr/pwd and starts to
| > | load the policies and profiles then just sits there. I try to login in safe
| > | mode same thing. If I hit ctrl-Alt-Del I can get into task manager and
| > | logoff/shutdown. Nothing is in the applications section and under processes
| > | I cannot shut any processes off. I tried to use the system restore command
| > | and it asks for a password. I type it in and it says it is incorrect however
| > | I can use the same password and it works in Windows.
| >
| >
| >

 

[rickiez]

It's the same password that the local administrator account was set to
when you originally installed it.