windows could not log you on because of an account restriction

Hello All,

I am running Windows XP pro w/sp2 and when I recently switched on my PC and
tried to logon I got the following message

windows could not log you on because of an account restriction

I have not made any changes etc..., my account is an administrator account,
and I cannot figure out what happened or how to correct this. please advise.

Vijai-novice wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> I am running Windows XP pro w/sp2 and when I recently switched on my PC and
> tried to logon I got the following message
>
> windows could not log you on because of an account restriction
>
> I have not made any changes etc..., my account is an administrator account,
> and I cannot figure out what happened or how to correct this. please advise.

Error Message: Unable to Log You on Because of an Account Restriction,
Windows Could Not Find c:\windows\system32\migpwd.exe
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp

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Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

Hi rock thanks for responding but I cannot get to the point of doing this
because I cannot log on at all ---so far as I know there is no other account
for me to log onto. Hence I cannot event complete step one ( log on to an
account that is a member of the Administrators group) of the instructions you
posted. Do you have another suggestions as how to by pass and then resolve?

Thanks

"Rock" wrote:

> Vijai-novice wrote:
>
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I am running Windows XP pro w/sp2 and when I recently switched on my PC and
> > tried to logon I got the following message
> >
> > windows could not log you on because of an account restriction
> >
> > I have not made any changes etc..., my account is an administrator account,
> > and I cannot figure out what happened or how to correct this. please advise.
>
> Error Message: Unable to Log You on Because of an Account Restriction,
> Windows Could Not Find c:\windows\system32\migpwd.exe
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp
>
> --
> Rock
> MS MVP Windows - Shell/User
>
>

Vijai-novice wrote:

> Hi rock thanks for responding but I cannot get to the point of doing this
> because I cannot log on at all ---so far as I know there is no other account
> for me to log onto. Hence I cannot event complete step one ( log on to an
> account that is a member of the Administrators group) of the instructions you
> posted. Do you have another suggestions as how to by pass and then resolve?
>
> Thanks
>
> "Rock" wrote:
>
>
>>Vijai-novice wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hello All,
>>>
>>>I am running Windows XP pro w/sp2 and when I recently switched on my PC and
>>>tried to logon I got the following message
>>>
>>>windows could not log you on because of an account restriction
>>>
>>>I have not made any changes etc..., my account is an administrator account,
>>>and I cannot figure out what happened or how to correct this. please advise.
>>
>>Error Message: Unable to Log You on Because of an Account Restriction,
>>Windows Could Not Find c:\windows\system32\migpwd.exe
>>http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp
>>
>>--
>>Rock
>>MS MVP Windows - Shell/User
>>
>>

Slave the drive in another XP computer and edit the registry from that
system. See this link on Doug Knox' site:

http://www.dougknox.com/
Advanced Registry Editing

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Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User