"ppg" wrote:

> Awhile back, I setup a computer for my mother-in-law.  I do not recall
> setting a Administrator password and the machine usually logged in to
> the sole user account automatically.  Well something changed...maybe
> because of grandkid.  Who knows.
>
> But now the Windows XP login screen prompts for a password.  Blank
> doesn't work.  I have no idea what else it could be.  On failure, it
> says that the computer cannot "log into the domain DILBERT", and I
> cannot
> get into the machine. Dilbert is the name of the computer.  However the
>
> machine is standalone and shouldn't be trying to log into a domain.
>
> I tried using the offline "ntpasswd" utility to blank out the
> passwords.  That didn't work.  The utility also said that SYSKEY was
> *enabled*...strange...I disabled it. 
>
> I'm stuck. 
>
> Any ideas?
>
>