Computer account in it's primary domain is missing or...

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Guest

I have a W2K server that was off-site. When trying to login with the domain
admin account I get the following message.

" The system cannot log you onto this domain because the system's computer
account in it's primary domain is missing or the password on that account is
incorrect."

This server was off-site for replication reasons, which was not setup and
working. When the network was created they left no documentation and of
course no one currently here knows anything about it. Now I have it attached
to the same network, it is in-house now for maintenance reasons and will be
offsite again at a new location.

My questions are;

How do I get into the computer/server locally or otherwise?

Was this computer/server setup in a unique fashion so it could only be log
onto remotely?

Thanks,
Frank
 
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Dave Patrick

Sounds like the trust is broken. You'll need to disjoin/rejoin the member
server to the domain.

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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
 
G

Guest

Forgive my ignorance, but I have not really dealt with domain member servers
before. How excalty do I disjoin and then rejoin the server to the domain?

Thanks again.

Frank

Dave Patrick said:
Sounds like the trust is broken. You'll need to disjoin/rejoin the member
server to the domain.

--

Regards,

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

Frank said:
I have a W2K server that was off-site. When trying to login with the
domain
admin account I get the following message.

" The system cannot log you onto this domain because the system's computer
account in it's primary domain is missing or the password on that account
is
incorrect."

This server was off-site for replication reasons, which was not setup and
working. When the network was created they left no documentation and of
course no one currently here knows anything about it. Now I have it
attached
to the same network, it is in-house now for maintenance reasons and will
be
offsite again at a new location.

My questions are;

How do I get into the computer/server locally or otherwise?

Was this computer/server setup in a unique fashion so it could only be log
onto remotely?

Thanks,
Frank
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Dave Patrick

First make sure you have a valid local account with local administrator
privileges on the member server. Then delete the computer account on the
domain controller. Then on the member server, right-click My Computer,
Properties|Network Identification|Properties, change to "Member of:"
Workgroup, then after restart change back to member of Domain (your domain
name), then you'll be prompted to provide a username and password with
domain account administration privileges, then after restart you should be
allowed to logon to the domain with a valid domain account. If you have
problems finding domain controller then try manually pointing to DNS server
rather than using DHCP

--

Regards,

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

Guest

OK, here is were the problem is. I can't get into the computer at all. No
one knows what the local admin account is. It was offsite for so long,
before I got here, and the person who set it up is no longer around.

Is their anyway I can confirm what that accont may/should be?

Frank


Dave Patrick said:
First make sure you have a valid local account with local administrator
privileges on the member server. Then delete the computer account on the
domain controller. Then on the member server, right-click My Computer,
Properties|Network Identification|Properties, change to "Member of:"
Workgroup, then after restart change back to member of Domain (your domain
name), then you'll be prompted to provide a username and password with
domain account administration privileges, then after restart you should be
allowed to logon to the domain with a valid domain account. If you have
problems finding domain controller then try manually pointing to DNS server
rather than using DHCP

--

Regards,

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

Frank said:
Forgive my ignorance, but I have not really dealt with domain member
servers
before. How excalty do I disjoin and then rejoin the server to the
domain?

Thanks again.

Frank
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James W. Long

of course there is.
the account is always "administrator".

the password is unknown, and its now your task
to reset the password using any number of password reset utilities.

try looking for offline password reset, or offline password utility.

James




Frank said:
OK, here is were the problem is. I can't get into the computer at all. No
one knows what the local admin account is. It was offsite for so long,
before I got here, and the person who set it up is no longer around.

Is their anyway I can confirm what that accont may/should be?

Frank


Dave Patrick said:
First make sure you have a valid local account with local administrator
privileges on the member server. Then delete the computer account on the
domain controller. Then on the member server, right-click My Computer,
Properties|Network Identification|Properties, change to "Member of:"
Workgroup, then after restart change back to member of Domain (your domain
name), then you'll be prompted to provide a username and password with
domain account administration privileges, then after restart you should be
allowed to logon to the domain with a valid domain account. If you have
problems finding domain controller then try manually pointing to DNS server
rather than using DHCP

--

Regards,

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

Frank said:
Forgive my ignorance, but I have not really dealt with domain member
servers
before. How excalty do I disjoin and then rejoin the server to the
domain?

Thanks again.

Frank
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G

Guest

OK,I believe I have the correct password. However, now I am getting this
message when I try to log into the server:

"The local policy of this system does not allow you to logon interactively"

How do I get around this?

Thanks,
Frank

Dave Patrick said:
Beware of renamed accounts.

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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

James W. Long said:
of course there is.
the account is always "administrator".

the password is unknown, and its now your task
to reset the password using any number of password reset utilities.

try looking for offline password reset, or offline password utility.

James
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G

Guest

That's the account I am using when I get that message; the local
administrator's account.

Dave Patrick said:
Use the local administrator account.

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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

Frank said:
OK,I believe I have the correct password. However, now I am getting this
message when I try to log into the server:

"The local policy of this system does not allow you to logon
interactively"

How do I get around this?

Thanks,
Frank
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Dave Patrick

Did the linux boot disk reveal any other usernames? Might have been some
renaming to thwart this very thing.

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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
 

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