Ron
Mon Apr 21 16:02:12 PDT 2008
Chris,
Take a look at this suggestion:
http://help.lockergnome.com/windows/Forgot-Windows-Password-ftopict560806.html
--
Regards
Ron Badour
MS MVP 1997 - 2008
"Chris D" <Chris D@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7176F746-0967-4F48-9BBD-1A0B8D5F51E7@microsoft.com...
> Ron,
>
> My laptop just starting experiencing the same thing as of last night. The
> exact message is "System Cannot Log You on now Because the Domain <LAPTOP>
> is
> not available", where LAPTOP is the name of my computer. Any password
> entered, and I never had to enter a password for 3 years with this laptop,
> gives you this message. I am totally locked out. The only information I
> can
> provide is that this occurred after a restart (and I don't restart often).
> I
> am guessing, espeically after reading the same exact symptons from other
> posts as well, that some sort of auto-update has done this.
>
> I'm at a loss and frankly worried about how I am going to get the files
> off
> of my hard drive...Searching the internet I have found a half dozen or so
> people with this problem and they are all from 2008 and beyond, so it is
> fairly new. ANy help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>
> "Ron Badour" wrote:
>
>> If that is the exact verbiage, then I find nothing on the internet or the
>> MS
>> knowledge base on it. If it is not the **exact** notice, the please post
>> it
>> verbatim.
>>
>> --
>> Regards
>>
>> Ron Badour
>> MS MVP 1997 - 2008
>>
>>
>> "JDTLS" <JDTLS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:78134B2C-DE9C-4EEC-8B69-9F4030F92DDD@microsoft.com...
>> >I have booted up in Safe Mode and an administrator icon appears.
>> >However,
>> >it
>> > also now requires a password, and if I just hit enter on any of the
>> > icons,
>> > a
>> > dialog box appears that says something like "The system cannot log me
>> > on
>> > because the domain Kitchen is not available". Any other suggestions?
>> >
>> > "Ron Badour" wrote:
>> >
>> >> First you have to logon to the Administrator account and that depends
>> >> on
>> >> what
>> >> version of XP you have installed.
>> >>
>> >> For Home Edition, boot into safe mode and then click on
>> >> Administrator--it
>> >> should have a blank password.
>> >>
>> >> For Pro, hit the Ctrl-alt-del key combo twice at the Welcome screen to
>> >> bring
>> >> up the Administrator account--also a blank password.
>> >>
>> >> Once signed in, go to control panel, User Accounts, and get rid of the
>> >> password.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Regards
>> >>
>> >> Ron Badour
>> >> MS MVP 1997 - 2008
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "JDTLS" <JDTLS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:384429B6-48E2-4B74-AC18-9FA32788969D@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Last night, a dialog box appeared that indicated that Windows
>> >> > detected
>> >> > a
>> >> > corrupt file, and that I should run the CHKDSK utility. I either
>> >> > clicked
>> >> > OK,
>> >> > and the system started re-booting, or I may have restarted the
>> >> > computer
>> >> > after
>> >> > clicking OK. Regardless, after a series of delete and repair
>> >> > messages,
>> >> > the
>> >> > logon screen showed up, but regardless of which icon I now click on,
>> >> > it
>> >> > now
>> >> > requests a password. We never established any passwords since this
>> >> > is
>> >> > our
>> >> > home computer, and we have been using it for three or four years.
>> >> > At
>> >> > this
>> >> > point, we are totally locked out of our computer. How do we
>> >> > eliminate
>> >> > the
>> >> > password requirement?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>