I found the solution in Technet, at Q105083, which was similar but not exactly the same Anyway, disconnecting the network cable and rebooting the box forced it to go for local authentication and to ignore the network (and thus the NetLogon service), and I was able to log in locally
Subsequent logins worked okay - of course, Netlogon is still not running, as it is now a member of a workgroup and therefore has no need to contact a DC anywhere, which is what it thought it was doing earlier Bud -----Original Message----- From: Bud DAWSON [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: February 5, 2003 12:07 PM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: Netlogon service is not running ? Hello group I just deleted a child domain from my forest root (we changed our minds about our structure) Anyway, I ran DCPROMO to remove AD, and selected the check box to indicate that it was the last domain controller in the domain. I then provided a password for the user Administrator, and DCPROMO proceeded to shut down the domain Eventually it finished, and indicated that a reboot was required to finish the job, which I did When it came up again, the login box does not have the third entry for domain (as expected), so I went to login as Administrator with the password supplied, and got an error message: Unable to log you on because the netlogon service is not running on this machine Of course, I can't get into the machine to turn on the service, so it is a bit of a Catch-22 Has anybody seen, (and more importantly, fixed !), this problem before ? Thanks for any ideas Bud Dawson MDA Richmond, BC ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
