Bad username contains an @ sign !!

[Guest]

Is there a way to change the administrator username if i cannot log on to a server 2003 box? A previous administrator changed the local administrator's username to [email protected], because of the special character the system will not log me on, today someone deleted the domain computer account so i cannot use the domain admin credentials to log on and because of the special @ character it will not let me logon. I used ERD commander to change the password thinking that was the problem but once in with ERD i noticed the @ character in teh administrator's username. Is there a way i can create an account with hyena or booting with a boot disk?
V/R
Franco

[kstanush]

Re: Bad username contains an @ sign !!

I would just change the username. You don't have to log in to do it. As long as the computer is turned on and connected to the network, you should be able to remotely rename the account. If its just a standalone server, you can always setup an IPC$ connection to it using Hyena's Logon As option, and use this username to connect.

[Guest]

Re: Bad username contains an @ sign !!

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Originally posted by kstanush:
<span style="font-weight: bold">I would just change the username. You don't have to log in to do it. As long as the computer is turned on and connected to the network, you should be able to remotely rename the account. If its just a standalone server, you can always setup an IPC$ connection to it using Hyena's Logon As option, and use this username to connect.</span></div></div>

well how can i change the username if i lost access to the box, remember it dropped off the domain.

[kstanush]

Re: Bad username contains an @ sign !!

Not sure what you mean by it dropping off the domain. If its a standalone server and no longer part of the domain or not accepting credentials from the domain, you should still have local admin access, but your admin account has the @ in the name, ( preventing local logon presumably). But that should not prevent you from remotely setting up a connection using this admin account.

Did you try using Logon As with Hyena to this computer ? You can even use it by IP address as well, but you would have to create a manual entry in the GUI for that.

[This message has been edited by kstanush (edited 05-01-2008).]