windows changed my login and password

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I recently upgraded my windows 98 to windows xp pro at my office. Everything was working ok until i used the network wizard to detect a connection to my company server and gain access to the shared drives. After network wizard detected all of the settings it told me to restart my computer after restarting my computer when the logon screen appeared i entered my username and password and this message came up. "Logon Message: The system could not log you on. Make sure your User name and domain are correct, then type your password again. Letters in the passwords must be typed using the correct case." I have tried to restore windows to the last settings but that doesnt work. I also noticed that after i restarted the pop down screen which originally contained places to imput your User:, Password:, and Domain: information now only consist of User:, and Password: so the space for Domain: is no longer there. I have tried everything i can think of but i am unable to logon to windows and am now stuck at the logon screen and can get no further. I tried to reinstall windows 98 which worked ok but i cant reinstall xp without formatting my c: drive which i dont want to do because i have alot of files that i need on it. Is there any way of getting around the logon screen or to reinstall windows xp without losing all of my information? Please Help.
 
Did you join the XP machine to the Domain? If you didn't
then that is why you can not log in. XP differentiates
between a network user and a "local" user.
-----Original Message-----
I recently upgraded my windows 98 to windows xp pro at my
office. Everything was working ok until i used the network
wizard to detect a connection to my company server and
gain access to the shared drives. After network wizard
detected all of the settings it told me to restart my
computer after restarting my computer when the logon
screen appeared i entered my username and password and
this message came up. "Logon Message: The system could not
log you on. Make sure your User name and domain are
correct, then type your password again. Letters in the
passwords must be typed using the correct case." I have
tried to restore windows to the last settings but that
doesnt work. I also noticed that after i restarted the pop
down screen which originally contained places to imput
your User:, Password:, and Domain: information now only
consist of User:, and Password: so the space for Domain:
is no longer there. I have tried everything i can think of
but i am unable to logon to windows and am now stuck at
the logon screen and can get no further. I tried to
reinstall windows 98 which worked ok but i cant reinstall
xp without formatting my c: drive which i dont want to do
because i have alot of files that i need on it. Is there
any way of getting around the logon screen or to reinstall
windows xp without losing all of my information? Please
Help.
 

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