disabled user accounts

[Guest]

Windows xp home sp2- user accounts are disabled, cannot login with disabled
users, cannot re-enable user accounts this is on xp home so no group policy
editing, event id 629 from event properties description is : user account
disabled any help would be appreciated. I need the users to be able to login.
explorer still shows profiles as being available, and I can not add the same
user that was there. it reports back that the user account is disabled.

any suggestions?

 

[steve umbach]

Take a look ay using the "net user" command. Try net help user for more
details and you can try to activate an account that way. The command net
user username will give a lot of detail about a user account. If you have no
explaination as to why these accounts became disabled you may have had a
malicious user access the computer or a malware issue. I would suggest that
any administrator accounts have hard to guess passwords including the built
in administrator account that can only be accessed by booting into Safe Mode
in XP Home which by default has a blank password. --- Steve

NET USER
[username [password | *] [options]] [/DOMAIN]
username {password | *} /ADD [options] [/DOMAIN]
username [/DELETE] [/DOMAIN]

NET USER creates and modifies user accounts on computers. When used
without switches, it lists the user accounts for the computer. The
user account information is stored in the user accounts database.

username Is the name of the user account to add, delete, modify, or
view. The name of the user account can have as many as
20 characters.
password Assigns or changes a password for the user's account.
A password must satisfy the minimum length set with the
/MINPWLEN option of the NET ACCOUNTS command. It can have as
many as 14 characters.
* Produces a prompt for the password. The password is not
displayed when you type it at a password prompt.
/DOMAIN Performs the operation on a domain controller of
the current domain.
/ADD Adds a user account to the user accounts database.
/DELETE Removes a user account from the user accounts database.

Options Are as follows:

Options Description
--------------------------------------------------------------------
/ACTIVE:{YES | NO} Activates or deactivates the account. If
the account is not active, the user cannot
access the server. The default is YES.
/COMMENT:"text" Provides a descriptive comment about the
user's account. Enclose the text in
quotation marks.
/COUNTRYCODE:nnn Uses the operating system country code to
implement the specified language files for a
user's help and error messages. A value of
0 signifies the default country code.
/EXPIRES:{date | NEVER} Causes the account to expire if date is
set. NEVER sets no time limit on the
account. An expiration date is in the
form mm/dd/yy(yy). Months can be a number,
spelled out, or abbreviated with three
letters. Year can be two or four numbers.
Use slashes(/) (no spaces) to separate
parts of the date.
/FULLNAME:"name" Is a user's full name (rather than a
username). Enclose the name in quotation
marks.
/HOMEDIRathname Sets the path for the user's home directory.
The path must exist.
/PASSWORDCHG:{YES | NO} Specifies whether users can change their
own password. The default is YES.
/PASSWORDREQ:{YES | NO} Specifies whether a user account must have
a password. The default is YES.
/PROFILEPATH[ath] Sets a path for the user's logon profile.
/SCRIPTPATHathname Is the location of the user's logon
script.
/TIMES:{times | ALL} Is the logon hours. TIMES is expressed as
day[-day][,day[-day]],time[-time][,time
[-time]], limited to 1-hour increments.
Days can be spelled out or abbreviated.
Hours can be 12- or 24-hour notation. For
12-hour notation, use am, pm, a.m., or
p.m. ALL means a user can always log on,
and a blank value means a user can never
log on. Separate day and time entries with
a comma, and separate multiple day and time
entries with a semicolon.
/USERCOMMENT:"text" Lets an administrator add or change the User
Comment for the account.
/WORKSTATIONS:{computername[,...] | *}
Lists as many as eight computers from
which a user can log on to the network. If
/WORKSTATIONS has no list or if the list is *,
the user can log on from any computer.

NET HELP command | MORE displays Help one screen at a time.

E:\Documents and Settings\steve>

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the reply. Yes the net user command worked to get my accounts
back, when looking at the accounts one common thread was under the account
note: sctdisabled. I had tried the Shared Computer Tool kit to try and
restrict user capability for one login account. The sct ended up disabling
all of the users login capability except my account. Funny how a tool that is
supposed to supply restrictions on one account took over the whole machine.
I've removed the Shared computer toolkit, and the user restrictions are still
in place....... now I will be searching in their newsgroup to figure out a
solution to that one. I was dissapointed with the login time of the
restricted user right from the start.... sometimes taking 5-10 minutes to
login and get to the start menu.....just a bit too long

Thanks for your help. searched for 12 hours, you saved my sanity

Take a look ay using the "net user" command. Try net help user for more
details and you can try to activate an account that way. The command net
user username will give a lot of detail about a user account. If you have no
explaination as to why these accounts became disabled you may have had a
malicious user access the computer or a malware issue. I would suggest that
any administrator accounts have hard to guess passwords including the built
in administrator account that can only be accessed by booting into Safe Mode
in XP Home which by default has a blank password. --- Steve

NET USER
[username [password | *] [options]] [/DOMAIN]
username {password | *} /ADD [options] [/DOMAIN]
username [/DELETE] [/DOMAIN]

NET USER creates and modifies user accounts on computers. When used
without switches, it lists the user accounts for the computer. The
user account information is stored in the user accounts database.

username Is the name of the user account to add, delete, modify, or
view. The name of the user account can have as many as
20 characters.
password Assigns or changes a password for the user's account.
A password must satisfy the minimum length set with the
/MINPWLEN option of the NET ACCOUNTS command. It can have as
many as 14 characters.
* Produces a prompt for the password. The password is not
displayed when you type it at a password prompt.
/DOMAIN Performs the operation on a domain controller of
the current domain.
/ADD Adds a user account to the user accounts database.
/DELETE Removes a user account from the user accounts database.

Options Are as follows:

Options Description
--------------------------------------------------------------------
/ACTIVE:{YES | NO} Activates or deactivates the account. If
the account is not active, the user cannot
access the server. The default is YES.
/COMMENT:"text" Provides a descriptive comment about the
user's account. Enclose the text in
quotation marks.
/COUNTRYCODE:nnn Uses the operating system country code to
implement the specified language files for a
user's help and error messages. A value of
0 signifies the default country code.
/EXPIRES:{date | NEVER} Causes the account to expire if date is
set. NEVER sets no time limit on the
account. An expiration date is in the
form mm/dd/yy(yy). Months can be a number,
spelled out, or abbreviated with three
letters. Year can be two or four numbers.
Use slashes(/) (no spaces) to separate
parts of the date.
/FULLNAME:"name" Is a user's full name (rather than a
username). Enclose the name in quotation
marks.
/HOMEDIRathname Sets the path for the user's home directory.
The path must exist.
/PASSWORDCHG:{YES | NO} Specifies whether users can change their
own password. The default is YES.
/PASSWORDREQ:{YES | NO} Specifies whether a user account must have
a password. The default is YES.
/PROFILEPATH[ath] Sets a path for the user's logon profile.
/SCRIPTPATHathname Is the location of the user's logon
script.
/TIMES:{times | ALL} Is the logon hours. TIMES is expressed as
day[-day][,day[-day]],time[-time][,time
[-time]], limited to 1-hour increments.
Days can be spelled out or abbreviated.
Hours can be 12- or 24-hour notation. For
12-hour notation, use am, pm, a.m., or
p.m. ALL means a user can always log on,
and a blank value means a user can never
log on. Separate day and time entries with
a comma, and separate multiple day and time
entries with a semicolon.
/USERCOMMENT:"text" Lets an administrator add or change the User
Comment for the account.
/WORKSTATIONS:{computername[,...] | *}
Lists as many as eight computers from
which a user can log on to the network. If
/WORKSTATIONS has no list or if the list is *,
the user can log on from any computer.

NET HELP command | MORE displays Help one screen at a time.

E:\Documents and Settings\steve>

Windows xp home sp2- user accounts are disabled, cannot login with
disabled
users, cannot re-enable user accounts this is on xp home so no group
policy
editing, event id 629 from event properties description is : user account
disabled any help would be appreciated. I need the users to be able to
login.
explorer still shows profiles as being available, and I can not add the
same
user that was there. it reports back that the user account is disabled.

any suggestions?