Check to see if you have any password complexity policies in place. Go
to start->run and enter "gpedit.msc" to open the local group policy
editor and go to Computer Configuration->Windows Settings->Security
Settings->Password policy. Since you're there, check under Local
Policies->User Rights Assignment and be sure that the user that you're
trying to create belongs to one of the groups listed under "Allow log on
locally".
When creating a user account, I would recommend just using the command
line:
NET USER newusername newpassword /ADD
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:27 AM , Mark Phillips 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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