Well i think this is the weirdest problem i've come acrossed... well i came to notice that when i was not able to access one of the machines in the network. I checked the event log and showed me something The security system detected an authentication error of the server... well i went through some sites looking for clue.. i thought of restartin the pc, but i notice that, on the logon option it didn't showes log off administrator, but it showed log off "tAuRaS", despite of the fact that i had logged in as administrator... i created another super user account, there was no prb with that.... can anythin be done to repair the "administrator" account? or i have to delete that account, and what is the possible cause of this mess.... reply awaited....

would like to add further.i'm able to access all the machines in the network without any problem,there's only one machine with which i'm facing this problem.... i'm able to access that machine with its ip-address, but the moment i enter its DNS name, i get an error message "\\xyz is not accessible, You might not have permission to use this network resources."... any solutions....

Access via ip but not name indicates no entry in the local dns servers database. Configure dns to autoupdate from dhcp [if you are using a ms server giving out dhcp] or manually enter the dns host and ptr records. I would suggest "tAuRaS" was setup for autologon at some point. Search the registry for that exact entry and edit the key [not delete] and remove the string "tAuRaS" Example of Oxymoron: Person who is pro life and anti sex education. Education is key to prevention. Prevent conception you prevent abortion. Abstinence training clearly isn't working.

hey wanderer, glad to have ur response... :) well, the machine has been formatted recently... i dunno frm where the heck is it pickin up that name, in the registry where do i have to check it, in "CurrentControlSet" ...... ? well.. the problem is that i'm able to access all the machines in the network within the network without any issues, but, only with that particular machine, i'm facin this prb, when i enter its net-bios name, to access it, it says "u have no permission to access that machine on the network", i checked the system event log, n there was an error code "40960", well, i created a different account, with admin priviliges jus to check if this prb is related to the account or wat, coz, "logoff tAuRaS" gave me a feelin that the account settings have got corrupted... well i tried to accesss that machine with a new account with admin priviliges, n, i was able to access that machine, so wat wod u suggest in this case, i'm workin at my end too, n any suggestion frm ur end is highly appreciated, thanx... :)

Is that name showing in the User Accounts list? Or is it showing in the Profiles? It may just be easier to reload it. "So won’t you give this man his wings What a shame To have to beg you to see We’re not all the same What a shame" - Shinedown

HI Jennifer, its showin no where....... i checked the registry Microsoft->WIndows->Explorer... there i see taht name..... i changeed it, but still it didn't work........ n for that prb.. i've formatted the machine... hope, network access issue has been resolved...... but that name still appears........

in registry it shows login name as tAuRaS... but i've logged in as administrator....