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The group name could not be found.

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Name: scooby108
Date: January 3, 2004 at 10:47:20 Pacific
OS: XP Pro SP0
CPU/Ram: 1.4Ghz Ath/256
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I was testing an WinNT password change utility that runs under Linux. It seemed to work fine, until later that day I was forced to log off because of logon hours restriction. I didn't have any logon hours policy. I could only get into that account during certain hours. So I created a new account and tried to get rid of the old one.

From "Computer Management - Local Users and Groups", I try to delete user "Fred" - (name changed to protect the innocent) - and get the error: "The following error occurred while attempting to delete the user Fred: The group name could not be found." When I try to view groups for that user I get same error: "The following error occurred while attempting to read the properties for the user Fred: The group name could not be found."

Anyone know how I can get rid of that account, whether by Linux utility, command prompt, registry, etc?



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