I had to take some time off this project because it was so
discouraging. I had changed all the passwords, two with the
little floppy I have and the rest with ERD Commander. I created
a guest account and it still wouldn't work. It's not the password
that's the problem. I thought perhaps it was in the registry that
it had to log into a domain and someone finally told me where it was.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 6:01 pm Post subject: Reply with quote
c:\winnt\system32\config\
I removed the that registry file and replaced it with one that
required no password and hed no domain. It still had the same
unworkable log in thing.
I took out the WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\drivers file and formatted the partition
and put back the drivers file and a few more things and installed a clean Windows 2000 over the top of it
but it couldn't use the drivers and so that failed.
Would someone tell me where the domain thing is and if so I'll
remove it as well. I can put it back like it was with a disk image
and delete the domain thing and then perhaps reinstall or at
least then I'd be able to upgrade it to XP with the drivers in
place.
Uh ... what are you doing with system32\drivers, exactly?
I just tried putting them in C:\drivers and hoped it would find them when it installed. After it installed and didn't I tried to direct it to them to install them and it refused them, I suppose because they were in an already installed condition instead of just being drivers ready to install. I'd take any suggestions.
And where exactly does all the domain stuff reside on the OS? I think all the hackers are gone for Christmas.
system32\drivers are drivers that are either loaded early on in the boot process, or system drivers that run in kernel mode.
You can't just copy the stuff from there and hope it works when you reinstall Windows. 99% of your drivers are located elsewhere and require a reinstall.
Thanks Tomchu.
Well of course I can but it doesn't work.
OK, I'll have to move some other stuff over and try to do a reinstall or restore with my own disk i guess.
If I knew where the domain stuff was I could just delete
that and go on from there. I think. It's a hard problem
for someone like me who knows nothing about how
everything works or even where it's located.
Thump
<edit>2:35 PM 12/22/2004
I put all the original files from drivers into the new
"drivers" and am attempting a restore installation.
3:05 PM 12/22/2004
Didn't work, no surprise. Put the original install I
can't get into back on. Maybe take out IOS and
boot.ini and try the XP update again.
ok well scratch my idea about just creating a new domain.... the stupid security identifier thing prevents you... and i tried logging on with a different domain... i was only logged in as a user and not an admin....
i know where it is in the regestry in 95... somthing like local mahcine\network\logon or somthing and its like "mustvalidate"
as far as 2000... thats a head scratcher.... anyways forget about the domain you want to log on to the local computer... so somehow you gotta create a admin account and log in... of corse remembering to select the log on to this computer option at the login screen
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And where exactly does all the domain stuff reside on the OS? I think all the hackers are gone for Christmas.
Thump
Well of course I can but it doesn't work.
OK, I'll have to move some other stuff over and try to do a reinstall or restore with my own disk i guess.
If I knew where the domain stuff was I could just delete
that and go on from there. I think. It's a hard problem
for someone like me who knows nothing about how
everything works or even where it's located.
Thump
<edit>2:35 PM 12/22/2004
I put all the original files from drivers into the new
"drivers" and am attempting a restore installation.
3:05 PM 12/22/2004
Didn't work, no surprise. Put the original install I
can't get into back on. Maybe take out IOS and
boot.ini and try the XP update again.
i know where it is in the regestry in 95... somthing like local mahcine\network\logon or somthing and its like "mustvalidate"
as far as 2000... thats a head scratcher.... anyways forget about the domain you want to log on to the local computer... so somehow you gotta create a admin account and log in... of corse remembering to select the log on to this computer option at the login screen