The KB you posted is about:

You cannot establish Remote Desktop connections when you are using an account with a null password.

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition

• Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition

The one I posted is about:

This issue occurs because the Administrator account has been set aside so that it can be used in Safe mode when the Owner account is not available.

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

The error message might be the same or similar but that doesn't prove anything. Other forum members can judge which one best describes the problem in this thread.

Ok, you got me on a technicality.

I'm not trying to get at anybody. I'm only always trying to examine a problem critically and home in to the crux of the problem and thereby advising others to fix it when possible.

I managed to reproduce the error by logging on using the Administrator account in normal mode in XP HE and it's exactly what the KB described. I remember doing it before but I repeated it just to confirm.

Windows often shows error messages and they often have multiple causes. The error messages are only a final common pathway. Sometimes they're even misleading. The problem in this thread is one example.

I'm not trying to get at anybody.

I didn't mean literally.

All through the school of hard knocks...............No pain, no gain.