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Re: delayed logon rejection
On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:52:24 -0700, FastWolf
<wolfsofast@NOSPAMcomcast.net> wrote:
> After booting you get the Log On To Windows dialog box. If you enter
> a valid user/pass the dialog elements grey out and then the system
> logs you right on. If you enter an invalid user/pass the system
> immediately beeps and you get the "windows cannot log you on" message.
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> Except: sometimes you enter a user/pass and the dialog elements grey
> out just like they do when a correct user/pass is entered; but after a
> minute or so the "windows cannot log you on" message pops up. Now
> what is that all about? Why would the system take so long to decide
> your credentials were no good in some cases but not in others?
> Especially since in this case the user/pass IS valid but the system
> responds with this delayed logon rejection behavior.
I don't remember what the correct term was, but for W98 and/or W2000
there was some sort of a shared permissions database. (You enabled
Network login or some such thing.) This did not require being in a
domain.
Perhaps there is some similar feature in Windows XP (or perhaps your
machine became part of a domain instead of a work group. Either
of these possibilities could lead to a delay in being rejected.
Another possibility is that the disk with the permissions database
was spun down. Spin up would take much less than a minute, but
other factors could delay availability of the disk.
There also could be I/O. Errors. Check using
Administrative Tools > Event Viewer
do see if anything bad is happening.
(I'm obviously not an expert in Windows EXP, but since it has been
two weeks and I see no response to your problem I'm posting this.)
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> Anyone have some information on this?
>
> thanks in advance
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