OT- Need Windows XP Login Help

[Mark Phillips]

Thanks for all your suggests...they came in so fast and it has taken so long
to run the scans, that I thought single update would be most helpful.

What I did:

1. Ran Microsoft Security Thingy - ://
www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx. Removed a couple of
adware and a trojan.

2. Ran ClamAV - found a few more viri and removed them.

3. Ran Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware - removed a couple of adwares

(all three scans ran with latest virus/malware definitions).

4. Updated Windows XP....only thing missing was a small  .NET update. I am
running SP3.

Still cannot log in with new account. It seems that the system does not save
the password for the user account (limited account, not admin account type).
The first time I log in with the new password, I get the a popup with the
logon message:

"Unable to log you on because of an account violation."

Each subsequent attempt to logon results in a "Did you forget your
password?" error message. Googling the first error message makes me think
that the password is not being saved when I change it, because that message
seems to pertain to people creating accounts with null passwords, and then
not setting up the system to allow null password logins. My system is set up
to require logon with a password, and I have set one for this account many
times. I have tried different passwords, account names, etc. to no avail.

I even tried going into safe mode and on the command line typed:

net user ipod *

entered the new password twice and got a command successfully completed
message. Still cannot log in with user ipod, although all my other users can
log in with their passwords.

Any other ideas or suggestions would be gratefully appreciated! Rebuilding
the system from scratch is not really an option. All I want to do is create
a simple user account with a password.

Thanks!

Mark

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:

> Technically there is no limit to the number of user accts you can have
> on a sinlge XP Pro Machine, however there are some bugs in this policy
> so you need to look into getting to SP3 at least if not more up to
> date.
>
> Also do an audit of user accounts on your machine, and make sure there
> is nothing there that really shouldn't be.
>
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Mark Phillips
> <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:
> > Sorry for posting such a non-Linux question, but I don't know of any
> > comparable Windows user lists to plug. If there is one, please let me
> know
> > and I will join it! I use Windows so infrequently that I have never
> searched
> > for one. Usually all I need is google, but not this time.
> >
> > My problem - Windows XP Pro, all updated with patches etc. I have 5 users
> > defined with passwords that have been working flawlessly for a year. I
> tried
> > to add a 6th user today using the Control Panel. I added a password using
> > the user edit screen. No error messages. I logged out of my admin account
> > and tried to log in with the new user account. Got the error that I could
> > not log in because I was violating account policies. Rebooted. Same
> error.
> > Change password. Same error. Rebooted. Same error. Deleted the account.
> > Rebooted. Created account with different name the same way. Created
> password
> > the same way. Wrote down password on yellow sticky and put it on the
> > monitor. Tried to log in. Got pop up saying I had the wrong password.
> > Re-read sticky note on monitor. Tried again, same error. Rebooted. Had
> > office-mate read password to me off of the sticky note on the monitor.
> Tried
> > to log in again, same error.....went outside and ran around the block
> > screaming for 10 minutes....had a nice chat with a policeman at the
> > corner.....Now I feel better, but I still don't have a 6th user account.
> >
> > Is there a limit to the number of user accounts one can have on Windows
> XP?
> > How do I add a new user with a password without using all the nifty MS
> new
> > user screens and prompts? I googled my error messages and did not find
> > anything that pertained to my account creation problems.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > P.S. Written using a machine running only Debian Testing and
> Gmail......;-)
> >
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