Shared Computer toolkit Setup -locked out administrator

[Guest]

Hi,

I have some computers that I have to set up for public access win XP. At
someone's kind suggestion here, I installed Microsoft's Shared Computer
Toolkit and have been experimenting with various settings and their
effect on the "public" user. All was going well, until I ticked the
reboot on logoff box...

Now the machine boots and goes straight to the "Public" Desktop. It did
that before, but logoff took me back to the login screen, where I could
control-alt-del twice to get into the administrator login. Now, of
course, logoff does a reboot..I haven't been able to find a way to get
to the login screen.

I have tried the "enhanced filter restore mode" - but only once and that
is still doing the reboot on logoff. I tried safe mode (I was going to
put a password on "Public", so it wouldn't automatically login - but
only my administrator account and guest are visible.

Any suggestions on how to get to the login screen, so I can go back in
as administrator?

If I have to start from scratch again, well, I won't make the same
mistake again!

Sorry if this isn't the right group - but I am thinking of it as being a
setup/deployment thing.

 

[Jerry]

Did you try a system restore to a date/time before the install of Shared
Computer?

 

[Guest]

Did you try a system restore to a date/time before the install of Shared
Computer?

AFAIK, any attempt like that is simply undone by the next reboot. I need
to be able to log in to the administration account so that I can set it
to make changes at the next reboot.

But thanks for the suggestion.
Sue

 

[Adam Leinss]

Hi,

I have some computers that I have to set up for public access win
XP. At someone's kind suggestion here, I installed Microsoft's
Shared Computer Toolkit and have been experimenting with various
settings and their effect on the "public" user. All was going
well, until I ticked the reboot on logoff box...

Try holding down the left shift key as the XP box is booting. This
should halt the autologin script that runs at startup.

Adam

 

[Guest]

Hi,

I have some computers that I have to set up for public access win XP. At
someone's kind suggestion here, I installed Microsoft's Shared Computer
Toolkit and have been experimenting with various settings and their
effect on the "public" user. All was going well, until I ticked the
reboot on logoff box...

Now the machine boots and goes straight to the "Public" Desktop. It did
that before, but logoff took me back to the login screen, where I could
control-alt-del twice to get into the administrator login. Now, of
course, logoff does a reboot..I haven't been able to find a way to get
to the login screen.

I have tried the "enhanced filter restore mode" - but only once and that
is still doing the reboot on logoff. I tried safe mode (I was going to
put a password on "Public", so it wouldn't automatically login - but
only my administrator account and guest are visible.

Any suggestions on how to get to the login screen, so I can go back in
as administrator?

If I have to start from scratch again, well, I won't make the same
mistake again!

Sorry if this isn't the right group - but I am thinking of it as being a
setup/deployment thing.

Just to close this one.. I ended up re-doing the installation from
scratch. I've set a password on the "public" account this time and not
selected the welcome screen.

If anyone does know where to find an idiot's guide to using this
toolkit, please let me know!