HAY MICROSOFTY,
I AM TODAY USING WIND8WS SERVER 2008.
AND I HAVE A PROBLEM.
WINDOWS REQUIRE THAT THERE ARE COMPLEX USER NAMES AND PASSWORDS.
ONE OF THE REQUEST IS THAT PASSWORD DOES NOT CONTAIN MORE THAN THREE CHARACTERS FROM USER NAME.
SO, BECAUSE OF THIS, I CREATED USER NAME AND PASSWORD WHICH I NEWER USE.
AND A FEW HOURS LATER, AFTER I LOGGED OFF, IT APPEARS THAT I FORGOT MY USER NAME.
I THINK I KNOW IT, HOW IT WAS, BUT I AM NOT SURE.
BUT WINDOWS SERVER 2008 DOES NOT PROVIDE A LIST OF USER NAMES ON THE LOGON SCREEN.
SO, I CAN NOT LOG BACK IN.
I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO ELSE, EVEN IN SAFE MODE, I HAVE TO LOG IN.
EXCEPT GOING IN RECOVERY.
USING CMD, BECAUSE APPLICATIONS WHICH REQUIRE USER INTERFACE SUCH AS CONTROL.EXE OR MMC.EXE DOES NOT WORK IN RECOVERY.
AND, YES, ONE MORE THING.
MANAGING USER ACCOUNTS FROM CONTROL PANEL DOES NOT WORK, SINCE COMPUTER IS DOMAIN CONTROLER, AND IT WORKS ONLY FROM MMC.EXE SNAP IN ACTIVE DIRECTORY USERS AND WHATEVER IS THE LAST WORD.
I HAD IDEA HOW TO SOLVE THIS USING RECOVERY BUT IT DOES NOT WORK.
I WENT INTO RECOVERY, AND I TYPED NET USER AND I FIGURED MY USER NAME.
FOR THIS EXAMPLE LETS SAY USER NAME IS ABC123def
AND, THAN I USED FOR THIS EXAMPLE LETS SAY NET USER ABC123def PASswo123+_×÷=% £€¥₩
THIS SHOULD RESET THE PASSWORD.
AND AFTER I USE NET USER ABC123def
IT WRITES ME INFORMATION WHERE I COULD SEE THAT PASSWORD WAS CHANGED AT THIS MOMENT.
BUT, WHEN I EXIT RECOVERY, AND AFTER 25 MINUTS OF BOOTING WINDOWS SERVER 2008 NORMALLY, AND WHEN I REACH LOGON SCREEN, WHEN I ENTER USERNAME ABC123def AND PASSWORD PASswo123+_×÷=% £€¥₩ IT KEEP SAYING THAT The user name or password is incorrect.
IT DOES NOT ALLOW ME TO LOG ON.
WHAT CAN BE THE CAUSE OF THIS?
CAN IT BE A GROUP POLICY? I UPDATED IT JUST BEFORE I LOGGED OFF.
HOW TO REMOVE IT? :O
(EXCEPT BY REINSTALLING WINDOWS)
AM I DUING IT RIGHT?
(I MEAN USING NET COMMANDS IN RECOVERY TO RESET USERNAME AND PASSWORD)
ANYWAY, COULD IT BE DONE ON THE WAY I DESCRIBED?
AND WHY IS WINDOWS LIEING TO ME?
HE SAYS THAT IT IS INCORRECT, BUT IT IS NOT TRUTH.
I TYPED THE EXACT SAME USERNAME AND PASSWORD WHICH I SETTED UP USING NET USER COMMANDS IN RECOVERY.
THE EXACTLY THE SAME.
SO, IT IS NOT INCORRECT, IT IS CORRECT, BUT WINDOWS LIES TO ME THAT IT IS NOT. WHY?
IS THIS BECAUSE IT IS DOMAIN CONTROLLER? I HAVE READ THAT DOMAIN CONTROLLERS HAVE ITS SPECIAL WAY OF HANDLING USERS AND SO ON.
(IT IS NOT REAL DOMAIN CONTROLER, IT JUST HAS THE ROLE INSTALLED)
HOW TO RESET USER NAME AND PASSWORD IN RECOVERY?
OR CAN I MAKE A NEW USER?
OR CAN I DELETE GROUP POLICY SO IT IS NOT APPLIED WHEN I START WINDOWS (USING RECOVERY)?
(IT MIGHT BE THE GROUP POLICY THE CAUSE).
WHAT ELSE CAN BE THE CAUSE?
OR SHELL I JUST MADE A NEW INSTALLATION OF WINDOWS?
THANX