[nlite install, cant log on as admin?]

just found this

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

# Press Enter to start the Windows Setup.

To setup Windows XP now and Repair Install , press ENTER. do not choose "To repair a Windows XP installation using the Recovery Console, press R", (you Do Not want to load Recovery Console). I repeat, do not choose "To repair a Windows XP installation using the Recovery Console, press R".

# Accept the License Agreement and Windows will search for existing Windows installations.

# Select the XP installation you want to repair from the list and press R to start the repair. If Repair is not one of the options, END setup. After the reboot read Warning#2!

# Setup will copy the necessary files to the hard drive and reboot. Do not press any key to boot from CD when the message appears. Setup will continue as if it were doing a clean install, but your applications and settings will remain intact.

I think I did the bit in bold which he says not to do. having second thoughts about the repair install anyway -

might continue & see how things go.

Coming from a four year old XP install which was starting to get pretty buggy I think I expected a fresh install to be *perfect*

Which expectations are probably fairly unreasonable

anyways thanks for the help !!

PS email notification of replies still not working

[nlite install, cant log on as admin?]

XP Home... can only log on as Admin in Safe Mode. This is "normal" MS restriction. Not nLite or tweak fault.

ahhh,

thanks for that info Ponch

when I try to do the repair install (the press "R" stage) I get asked to log on as admin -

it doesnt accept admin logon there either &

it doesnt give me the option to log on as anything else, but then I'm not familiar with - is it dos at that stage I think...

[nlite install, cant log on as admin?]

actually it could possibly be to do with Autopatcher..

I had the "disable administrative shares" selected without fully understanding it -

it was "recommended"

doing a bit of searching I found here

http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebas...icle/11459.html

that

Hidden administrative shares do not exist on Windows XP Home.

which I 'm using

but dont know if this tweak could still have affected things in some way...

[nlite install, cant log on as admin?]

as the title says I cant logon the Administrater account - I'm simply not allowed

What's the error message ?

"Unable to log you on because of account restrictions"

when I type in the wrong password, I get a different message, saying to be sure type password proper like.

.. funny I didnt get any notification of reply

[nlite install, cant log on as admin?]

heres an edited version of WINNT.SIF

WINNT.rar

[nlite install, cant log on as admin?]

hi,

as the title says I cant logon the Administrater account - I'm simply not allowed

The history:

I made a nlite install disc using an original XP [Home] disc & a SP2 disc

The XP disc was intended for install on a new computer (before sale)

I dont know does that mean it's an OEM version?

nlite mentioned somewhere along the line that OEM discs could be problematic..

In the setup/settings I gave Admin a password & made a new user account with administrator priviliges.

from the system properties:

Customized by nLite v1.3.5 - www.nliteos.com

Components removed:

Luna desktop theme

Windows Media Player

Windows Media Player 6.4

Windows Sounds

Blaster/Nachi removal tool

Search Assistant

Messenger

The only addition was SP2

I used Autopatcher later but believe the problem was already there -

I had had a problem* with a previous install where I had some RyanVM addons so I scratched that & started again with no addons

* That time I couldnt logon at all... I'm afraid I cant remember now but think I hadnt created an extra admin account

I am having various other small to medium problems & was considering doing a repair install -

that's how I found out I couldnt logon as the admin

When posting, ZIP or RAR your WINNT.SIF

searching for that at the moment -

does that have any product key info?

should I post the LASTSESSION.ini file as well ? (that doesnt seem to have any registration info)

thanks for any help/advice, tom

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I removed several features and plugins that the average user has no need for. (Lite version)

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shark

hi shark,

this looks great !!

I'm wondering could you tell us what features were removed to make it "lite"

thanks, tom