I have a PC running Windows Vista Business. It is (was) part of a Windows
Server 2003- based domain. I just ran a system restore on the machine and
when I came to log on again, I got an eror message saying the trust
relationship between the PC and the domain was broken.

No problem, I thought - just log on using the local Administrator account
and put the compputer back on the domain. No chance! Super nannying Vista
security has disabled the Administrator account so I now have no access
whatsoever to my PC. I can't log on as any domain account because the trust
is broken. I can't log on locally because of bloody
Windows-paranoid-over-protective-ill-thought-out security disabling the only
other account on the computer!!!!

Anyone any idea how I get back into my own PC?



Ian

Open the command prompt with Administrator Privileges (Right Click Run As
Administrator)
type the following
net user administrator /active:yes
Press enter
Logoff and then logon and the Administrator on the local machine

OKuma

"Ian W" <IanW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E44D61B4-009A-46D5-B1B8-A14D75635F6C@microsoft.com...
>I have a PC running Windows Vista Business. It is (was) part of a Windows
> Server 2003- based domain. I just ran a system restore on the machine and
> when I came to log on again, I got an eror message saying the trust
> relationship between the PC and the domain was broken.
>
> No problem, I thought - just log on using the local Administrator account
> and put the compputer back on the domain. No chance! Super nannying Vista
> security has disabled the Administrator account so I now have no access
> whatsoever to my PC. I can't log on as any domain account because the
> trust
> is broken. I can't log on locally because of bloody
> Windows-paranoid-over-protective-ill-thought-out security disabling the
> only
> other account on the computer!!!!
>
> Anyone any idea how I get back into my own PC?
>
> Ian

Unfortunately I cannot log on to my PC to access a command prompt!

"OKuma" wrote:

> Open the command prompt with Administrator Privileges (Right Click Run As
> Administrator)
> type the following
> net user administrator /active:yes
> Press enter
> Logoff and then logon and the Administrator on the local machine
>
> OKuma
>
> "Ian W" <IanW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E44D61B4-009A-46D5-B1B8-A14D75635F6C@microsoft.com...
> >I have a PC running Windows Vista Business. It is (was) part of a Windows
> > Server 2003- based domain. I just ran a system restore on the machine and
> > when I came to log on again, I got an eror message saying the trust
> > relationship between the PC and the domain was broken.
> >
> > No problem, I thought - just log on using the local Administrator account
> > and put the compputer back on the domain. No chance! Super nannying Vista
> > security has disabled the Administrator account so I now have no access
> > whatsoever to my PC. I can't log on as any domain account because the
> > trust
> > is broken. I can't log on locally because of bloody
> > Windows-paranoid-over-protective-ill-thought-out security disabling the
> > only
> > other account on the computer!!!!
> >
> > Anyone any idea how I get back into my own PC?
> >
> > Ian
>

Ian,

If I understand you correctly, you can't even logon with your domain
account?
Wow!
What about Safe Mode?
Can you get into any of the safe mode options?

OKuma
"Ian W" <IanW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F685278B-1FAE-434F-BD60-ED3C1C8A5FA8@microsoft.com...
> Unfortunately I cannot log on to my PC to access a command prompt!
>
> "OKuma" wrote:
>
>> Open the command prompt with Administrator Privileges (Right Click Run As
>> Administrator)
>> type the following
>> net user administrator /active:yes
>> Press enter
>> Logoff and then logon and the Administrator on the local machine
>>
>> OKuma
>>
>> "Ian W" <IanW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:E44D61B4-009A-46D5-B1B8-A14D75635F6C@microsoft.com...
>> >I have a PC running Windows Vista Business. It is (was) part of a
>> >Windows
>> > Server 2003- based domain. I just ran a system restore on the machine
>> > and
>> > when I came to log on again, I got an eror message saying the trust
>> > relationship between the PC and the domain was broken.
>> >
>> > No problem, I thought - just log on using the local Administrator
>> > account
>> > and put the compputer back on the domain. No chance! Super nannying
>> > Vista
>> > security has disabled the Administrator account so I now have no access
>> > whatsoever to my PC. I can't log on as any domain account because the
>> > trust
>> > is broken. I can't log on locally because of bloody
>> > Windows-paranoid-over-protective-ill-thought-out security disabling the
>> > only
>> > other account on the computer!!!!
>> >
>> > Anyone any idea how I get back into my own PC?
>> >
>> > Ian
>>

hi,
i've read your problem and i've ran into a similar problem
i helped myself on a different pc with this website:

Watch that video |

this will help you make a vista bootable cd with cmd
in this way you can acces your pc and create a new account

let me know if this has worked out for you