Unable to login after MS updates

David,

Yes, I get the same error when logging on with either account. Do you know
anyway I can get gpedit.msc to launch so I can change the policy?


"Digital Dave" wrote:

> Have you tried logging in as Administrator to the local laptop account?
>
> //David
> MVP Shell/GUI
>
> "Don Wagner" wrote in message
>
> > Last night upon trying to shutdown my laptop, I allowed the current MS
> > patches to be installed prior to shutdown. This morning upon boot, a new
> > user account was showing on my login screen (ASP.net) along with my own.
> > When I attempted to login using my account and password, I get the error
> > message 'The local policy of this system does not permit you to logon
> > interactively'.
> >
> > I know it's a local policy issue but how can I change it if I can't logon?
> >
> > Thank you for any assistance!!
> >
> >
>
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Don Wagner wrote:

> Last night upon trying to shutdown my laptop, I allowed the current MS
> patches to be installed prior to shutdown. This morning upon boot, a new
> user account was showing on my login screen (ASP.net) along with my own.
> When I attempted to login using my account and password, I get the error
> message 'The local policy of this system does not permit you to logon
> interactively'.
>
> I know it's a local policy issue but how can I change it if I can't logon?

Try booting to safe mode (F8 during startup, then select Safe Mode). Then log
into the Administrator account.

Harry.
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Harry,

I've tried that and that doesn't work either. Still get the same message.
Looks like something blocked the administrator account too.

"Harry Johnston" wrote:

> Don Wagner wrote:
>
> > Last night upon trying to shutdown my laptop, I allowed the current MS
> > patches to be installed prior to shutdown. This morning upon boot, a new
> > user account was showing on my login screen (ASP.net) along with my own.
> > When I attempted to login using my account and password, I get the error
> > message 'The local policy of this system does not permit you to logon
> > interactively'.
> >
> > I know it's a local policy issue but how can I change it if I can't logon?
>
> Try booting to safe mode (F8 during startup, then select Safe Mode). Then log
> into the Administrator account.
>
> Harry.
>
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Don Wagner wrote:

> I've tried that and that doesn't work either. Still get the same message.
> Looks like something blocked the administrator account too.

Hmph. That shouldn't be able to happen in Safe Mode. Have you tried 'last
known safe configuration'?

Unfortunately it is probably only possible to fix this by modifying the registry
which requires a working copy of Windows to access the disk drive. If you have
access to Windows PE (only available to volume customers and OEMs) this is easy.
You could also try Bart's PE (I can't vouch for it as I've never used it).
Alternately your laptop might be able to boot to a USB drive if you have one
large enough to install Windows on. I believe there are also Linux CDs around
capable of manipulating NTFS volumes, though personally I don't trust them.

Warning: this procedure is not supported by Microsoft, so I can't promise it
won't damage the system.

If you can boot another copy of Windows, first make a backup copy of the
contents of \windows\system32\config from the damaged system.

Run regedit, click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and then select Load Hive from the File
Menu. Select the file named "system" from the folder \windows\system32\config
on the damaged system. Name the key xxx (or whatever, doesn't matter really).

Open the xxx key, then the Setup key inside it. Change SetupType to 2. Change
CmdLine to cmd.exe. Shut down and boot to the original system. You should get
a command window from which it should be possible to run gpedit.msc.

My only other suggestion is that you could try doing a system repair from the
WinXP CD.

Harry.
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