Help Win XP Pro password file is corrupt and cant

[Bushy]

Title says it all, any ideas without a re install?

[Hopsta]

cant what... ??? login ?? bootup ?

assume that this is a standalone machine and not part of a windows domain ?? I've got a util which will get you booted up and logged in

Are you getting any error messages at all ? be nice to know if the local SAM (password file) is actually corrupted. Assume that you dont have another admin account to work with? any backups of the 'system state' ?

If its part of a network can you access it via another PC ? tried resetting the password ?? What does the event logs say.

Graham

[Bushy]

Hi Graham

Cant login, the machine boots to the login screen but the password file is corrupt

I know this as I reset the password on the server then the machine got the hump and had to reboot and thats when it got upset with the password

And yes it is on a domain I have tried changing the password again on the server but cannot get in, although I can from other machines

Definitely a problems with windows, tried repairing using the set up disc, still no good

Any other ideas?

[Hopsta]

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And yes it is on a domain I have tried changing the password again on the server but cannot get in, although I can from other machines

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So with the same account your able to log on other machines ?? sounds like you computer account on the domain has got screwed. The domain computer/user accounts are stored on the server(Domain Controller) with no local copies.

Can you access the PC still from another PC using \\[computer name]\c$\? or even tried accessing the local machine/SAM file with 'Computer Management' (in Control Panel/Admin tools)?

Graham