.\administrator doesn't let you login? On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 4:52 PM Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote:
> All, > > A colleague stood up a Win10 VM that was a clone of an original > domain-joined machine, running on a ESXi/vSphere 6.0 host. > > I noticed this, and decided to help out - the VM clone was not fully > functional - it's trust relationship with the domain was broken. > > I was able to log in using cached credentials with administrative > privileges, so I set the local administrator password to something we > know (we use LAPS here, so there's no telling what the most recent > administrator password was). > > I then changed the machine name and joined the VM to a workgroup at > the same time - something I've done probably hundreds of times over > the years with never a failure before now. > > After reboot, the login screen shows only the username of the last > successful login (a domain account, not a local account, even though > it's not a member of the domain!). > > I cannot get it to switch to another account to log in, and since the > only account available on the login screen is the domain account, and > it's not joined to the domain, I can't use that account's password to > log in. > > There are no backups, no restore points and no snapshots for this VM. > > I was able to boot into safe mode in the console, and start a command > prompt - when it asked for the local Administrator account, that > worked, so I know the password is good. > > I've tried to RDP into the machine, and am refused, no matter which > credentials I try. > > I even tried disconnecting the NIC for the VM to see if that would > shake loose some cached credentials, but no go, and it stubbornly > refuses to show me any other accounts to choose for login. > > I suppose I could do a reset, but I believe there's 3rd party software > that was installed in the interim, so I'm a bit hesitant to do that. > > Anyone have thoughts on how to proceed? > > I'm about ready to boot with a Nordahl iso, and see if that helps, but > if push comes to shove, I I'll re-clone the original, and try again, > and let the colleague know that he's lost any work done, but for the > moment this is an exercise in overcoming - something. > > Kurt > > >
