"The local policy of this system does not permit you to logon interactively"

OnTheLastCastle

I work in an office. There is my computer and my volunteers computer that needs mine to be on to do stuff.

Today all the logins on that computer are bunked up with that message. It has something to do with remote desktop connection? I don't know how to fix it.

But! I bought a new computer and I'm putting my old one in that volunteer office early next week. So I guess I could just use advice on how to set up that similar connection. I think all the files are stored on my computer and that other one taps into it. I am dreading setting this up.

Can't even log onto it now though which is crappy.

Tejs

Did they muck up their user account on the computer?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289289

OnTheLastCastle

I can't log onto that computer to do most of the stuff on that page. =/ I tried.

Bowen

OnTheLastCastle wrote: »

I can't log onto that computer to do most of the stuff on that page. =/ I tried.

Do you have administrative access to the machine at all? That's the only way to fix this.

There's a group policy that needs to be changed locally.

OnTheLastCastle

No, I cannot log onto that computer w/ either of the two volunteer accounts or the administrator. That is why I'm so vexed.

What the fuck did those old ladies do?! (They do this kind of shit all the time, and yet (perhaps unexpectedly) also struggle to send an email)

edit: So if that computer is just fucked that's fine. I'm getting rid of it Tuesday and replacing it with what I'm using right now and giving myself a nice new shiny one. But I'll need help setting up the network then too.

amateurhour

It's not fucked, your remote access just got locked out. Are you actually remote logging into the PC or are you doing it at the terminal itself?

OnTheLastCastle

At the terminal. All the accounts are password protected but the passwords bring up "The local policy of this system does not permit you to logon interactively".

Can I fix this from my computer in my office? The one that needs to be on for them to access the files. I went to control panel / system / remote / (subsection in remote) allow remote users, I checked that and added Volunteers. Didn't solve the problem.

Thanks to everyone so far for your help. I build computers but hell if I know anything about networks or why this just suddenly up and did this. I could question the 4-5 people who use that computer but I doubt any of them would have any idea what they did.

Bowen

Hmm. I've only seen that for RDP.

Is there time restrictions on when you can log in and log out?

OnTheLastCastle

There were not in the past, and I don't think the old ladies who use that computer would accidentally set that up.

What could they have done without having any technical knowledge to cause this? That's the mystery. Computer worked yesterday.

Bowen

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841188

See if that helps.

Gilbert0

Is it a local machine all by itself or is it on a domain/networked at all?

If it's on a network, you can fix it without logging in. Before I type the whole explaination, let me know.

OnTheLastCastle

Gilbert0 wrote: »

Is it a local machine all by itself or is it on a domain/networked at all?

If it's on a network, you can fix it without logging in. Before I type the whole explaination, let me know.

It is networked, I didn't set up the network, but it pulls files off my computer in a shared folder. If my computer is not on then my volunteers can't access the files they use for their work.

I'm not sure how to log onto it from here, but I know it is connected.

Thanks! (haven't tried what Bowen suggested yet, it'll take some focus I can tell)

Gilbert0

On your computer, right click on My Computer -> Manage. Right Click on the Computer Management (Local) and choose "Connect to another computer". Type in the name of the broken computer and see what kind of options you get.

Go to System Tools -> Local Users and Groups -> Groups and open the Administrator group. Add the admin user back in there and see if you can log back in.

Gilbert0

I do that all the time at work on a domain, it might not work for you but it might.

OnTheLastCastle

The only computers it finds are ADMINISTRATOR (mine) and another lady I work with, not the volunteer computer. However, when I go to system tools / local users / groups; the volunteer & admin login from the volunteer computer are there in Remote Desktop Users.