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More info?)
My reply should have helped you in two ways: To avoid making
the same mistake again, and to reset the password for any
Win2000 account. It seems you were miffed at being told
that you may have made a mistake, and you then failed to
use the tool for which I gave you a link. What a pity.
"SonHouse" <SonHouse@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AE7B6079-4208-4636-BA9D-3F2CD7F5FC4F@microsoft.com...
> Hmmm...well I was hoping for some help on how to solve the problem,
instead I
> get a lecture, oh well.
>
> I did some trouble shooting online and found that some files that 2000
uses
> were overwritten by older versions of the same files after I installed
that
> old version of outlook so I'll try and repair and replace and hope for the
> best.
>
> Thanks anyway.
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>
> > When I buy a new car or a new house then one of the first things
> > I do is ensure that I have a sufficient number of keys. If I don't
> > then I have some made.
> >
> > I never ceases to surprise me how many people get a PC with
> > a fairly secury operating system who subsequently do not spend
> > a moment thinking about getting a spare "key". They rely on the
> > single account they have, and when it fails then they are stuck.
> > IMHO, every Win2000/XP PC should have at least two admin
> > accounts, with their passwords locked away. It's common sense.
> >
> > For those who neglect this simple precaution, Mr. Nordahl
> > created his somewhat scary boot disk:
> >
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html
> >
> >
> > "SonHouse" <SonHouse@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:CBFD034E-693E-48D9-872A-B5967F700122@microsoft.com...
> > > Pegasus,
> > >
> > > The machine was never really part of network that I know of. I bought
it
> > > 1998 from a dell outlet store and upgraded in 2001 or 2002 to windows
> > 2000,
> > > which I installed. I had not used the machine in years and just fired
it
> > up
> > > yesterday to retrieve some old data that I needed. It was working
fine
> > but I
> > > was having problems with Outlook so I installed an old version I had
for
> > 1998
> > > and now I get this error message.
> > >
> > > Is there anyway to bypass this login screen? I was able to boot the
> > > computer off of a boot disk and get to the dos prompt but I'm not sure
> > what
> > > to do now...
> > >
> > > Thanks again for your help.
> > >
> > > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
> > >
> > > > The message "The system cannot log you on now because the domain
> > > > G27WG is not available" indicates that the machine was at some time
> > > > connected to a network. What's happened to it since? Who loaded
> > > > Win2000? When? How did you acquire it?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "SonHouse" <SonHouse@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:C445FB09-DCBC-4E54-AAD8-9FA90AEBFFED@microsoft.com...
> > > > > Pegasus,
> > > > >
> > > > > I clicked on the options button and the only option it shows is a
> > checkbox
> > > > > to log on using a dial up connection. This is my home computer
that
> > is a
> > > > > stand alone machine, I am the administrator so I'm kind of stuck.
It
> > > > won't
> > > > > let me get past this screen, my only other option is to turn it
off or
> > > > > restart. I've tried it in safe mode but same thing happens..what
else
> > can
> > > > I
> > > > > do?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > >
> > > > > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > "SonHouse" <SonHouse@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > > > > news:84C9357B-CAB6-4EF1-9342-F9FEAD7067E7@microsoft.com...
> > > > > > > I have an old machine that is running on win 2000
professional.
> > It
> > > > was
> > > > > > > working fine but now when I start the machine I get this
message
> > when
> > > > I
> > > > > > try
> > > > > > > to Logon:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > "The system cannot log you on now because the domain G27WG is
not
> > > > > > available"
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > This is new...and I can't get past this login screen.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Any ideas how I can fix this?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Click the "Options" button, then open the domain drop down box.
> > > > > > You will now have the option to log on to the G27WG domain or
> > > > > > to the local machine. If you do not have a local
account/password
> > > > > > then you must get in touch with the administrator of the network
> > > > > > that forms part of the G27WG domain. He/she will be able to
assist
> > > > > > you.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
> >
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