The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contact

Hi There

Have a laptop which I just reformatted the C drive with and have done a
fresh clean install of Windows XP Home Edition. This was after several
attempts at using the recovery console, and when that failed I did a full
reformat in NTFS a clean install.

When I chose not to activate right now but later, screen then came up with
User Name for myself and asking for a password, of which I had not allocated.
That being said I attempted to enter every password that I have had on the
laptop and continuously getting the following:

Logon Message:
The system cannot log you on due to the following error:
The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted.
Please try again or consult your system administrator.

Does anyone have any suggestions please.

Thanks in advance

if you didn't specify a password, then it should be blank, just hit enter.

"Goitie" wrote:

> Hi There
>
> Have a laptop which I just reformatted the C drive with and have done a
> fresh clean install of Windows XP Home Edition. This was after several
> attempts at using the recovery console, and when that failed I did a full
> reformat in NTFS a clean install.
>
> When I chose not to activate right now but later, screen then came up with
> User Name for myself and asking for a password, of which I had not allocated.
> That being said I attempted to enter every password that I have had on the
> laptop and continuously getting the following:
>
> Logon Message:
> The system cannot log you on due to the following error:
> The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted.
> Please try again or consult your system administrator.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions please.
>
> Thanks in advance

That is what I thought would be the case two.

I did try that several times leaving it blank and just hitting enter but the
same message still came up.

"sgopus" wrote:

> if you didn't specify a password, then it should be blank, just hit enter.
>
> "Goitie" wrote:
>
> > Hi There
> >
> > Have a laptop which I just reformatted the C drive with and have done a
> > fresh clean install of Windows XP Home Edition. This was after several
> > attempts at using the recovery console, and when that failed I did a full
> > reformat in NTFS a clean install.
> >
> > When I chose not to activate right now but later, screen then came up with
> > User Name for myself and asking for a password, of which I had not allocated.
> > That being said I attempted to enter every password that I have had on the
> > laptop and continuously getting the following:
> >
> > Logon Message:
> > The system cannot log you on due to the following error:
> > The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted.
> > Please try again or consult your system administrator.
> >
> > Does anyone have any suggestions please.
> >
> > Thanks in advance

Here is one method to get around that!

"Goitie" wrote:

> That is what I thought would be the case two.
>
> I did try that several times leaving it blank and just hitting enter but the
> same message still came up.
>
> "sgopus" wrote:
>
> > if you didn't specify a password, then it should be blank, just hit enter.
> >
> > "Goitie" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi There
> > >
> > > Have a laptop which I just reformatted the C drive with and have done a
> > > fresh clean install of Windows XP Home Edition. This was after several
> > > attempts at using the recovery console, and when that failed I did a full
> > > reformat in NTFS a clean install.
> > >
> > > When I chose not to activate right now but later, screen then came up with
> > > User Name for myself and asking for a password, of which I had not allocated.
> > > That being said I attempted to enter every password that I have had on the
> > > laptop and continuously getting the following:
> > >
> > > Logon Message:
> > > The system cannot log you on due to the following error:
> > > The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted.
> > > Please try again or consult your system administrator.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have any suggestions please.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance

Hi

Thanks for trying to help us out here. Just curious what the one method to
get around it was your suggesting as I cannot see anything to indicate what
your referring too.

"sgopus" wrote:

> Here is one method to get around that!
>
> "Goitie" wrote:
>
> > That is what I thought would be the case two.
> >
> > I did try that several times leaving it blank and just hitting enter but the
> > same message still came up.
> >
> > "sgopus" wrote:
> >
> > > if you didn't specify a password, then it should be blank, just hit enter.
> > >
> > > "Goitie" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi There
> > > >
> > > > Have a laptop which I just reformatted the C drive with and have done a
> > > > fresh clean install of Windows XP Home Edition. This was after several
> > > > attempts at using the recovery console, and when that failed I did a full
> > > > reformat in NTFS a clean install.
> > > >
> > > > When I chose not to activate right now but later, screen then came up with
> > > > User Name for myself and asking for a password, of which I had not allocated.
> > > > That being said I attempted to enter every password that I have had on the
> > > > laptop and continuously getting the following:
> > > >
> > > > Logon Message:
> > > > The system cannot log you on due to the following error:
> > > > The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted.
> > > > Please try again or consult your system administrator.
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone have any suggestions please.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance

Well that's interesting, I was certain I had pasted a link in that last
response, no matter, here is one method

http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_admini...assword.htm#20



"Goitie" wrote:

> Hi
>
> Thanks for trying to help us out here. Just curious what the one method to
> get around it was your suggesting as I cannot see anything to indicate what
> your referring too.
>
> "sgopus" wrote:
>
> > Here is one method to get around that!
> >
> > "Goitie" wrote:
> >
> > > That is what I thought would be the case two.
> > >
> > > I did try that several times leaving it blank and just hitting enter but the
> > > same message still came up.
> > >
> > > "sgopus" wrote:
> > >
> > > > if you didn't specify a password, then it should be blank, just hit enter.
> > > >
> > > > "Goitie" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi There
> > > > >
> > > > > Have a laptop which I just reformatted the C drive with and have done a
> > > > > fresh clean install of Windows XP Home Edition. This was after several
> > > > > attempts at using the recovery console, and when that failed I did a full
> > > > > reformat in NTFS a clean install.
> > > > >
> > > > > When I chose not to activate right now but later, screen then came up with
> > > > > User Name for myself and asking for a password, of which I had not allocated.
> > > > > That being said I attempted to enter every password that I have had on the
> > > > > laptop and continuously getting the following:
> > > > >
> > > > > Logon Message:
> > > > > The system cannot log you on due to the following error:
> > > > > The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted.
> > > > > Please try again or consult your system administrator.
> > > > >
> > > > > Does anyone have any suggestions please.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks in advance

Goitie wrote:
> Hi There
>
> Have a laptop which I just reformatted the C drive with and have done
> a fresh clean install of Windows XP Home Edition. This was after
> several attempts at using the recovery console, and when that failed
> I did a full reformat in NTFS a clean install.
>
> When I chose not to activate right now but later, screen then came up
> with User Name for myself and asking for a password, of which I had
> not allocated. That being said I attempted to enter every password
> that I have had on the laptop and continuously getting the following:
>
> Logon Message:
> The system cannot log you on due to the following error:
> The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted.
> Please try again or consult your system administrator.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions please.
>
> Thanks in advance

Windows HOME and DOMAIN?

Nah... Can't have domains on XP Home.

[nbond4]

Originally Posted by Goitie

Hi There

Have a laptop which I just reformatted the C drive with and have done a
fresh clean install of Windows XP Home Edition. This was after several
attempts at using the recovery console, and when that failed I did a full
reformat in NTFS a clean install.

When I chose not to activate right now but later, screen then came up with
User Name for myself and asking for a password, of which I had not allocated.
That being said I attempted to enter every password that I have had on the
laptop and continuously getting the following:

Logon Message:
The system cannot log you on due to the following error:
The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted.
Please try again or consult your system administrator.

Does anyone have any suggestions please.

Thanks in advance

I am having the exact same problem! I cannot login - with a password, without a password All I can get is this same message The system cannot log you on due to the following error: The Specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted. Please try again or consult your system Administrator. I have windows XP SP 2. I also have NOT configured anything just trying to install Windows on my laptop same as above. Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?? Any Help would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks

[camtheman]

I've seen this before, and outside of people with snide remarks or no help at all, I haven't seen a fix here yet. Yes, windows XP home CAN HAVE THIS ERROR. Most of the time it is a bad hard drive. Use something like Hitachi Drive Fitness Test to see if there is an easily detectable problem with the drive. Also, if for some strange reason you have a good hard drive sitting around, you can try installing to it and copying things over. For laptop, get a USB external hard drive box to put the old drive in to copy over your data. I'll post more if I find any more info. Yeah, old post, but people are still looking for a solution.

"camtheman" wrote:

>
> I've seen this before, and outside of people with snide remarks or no
> help at all, I haven't seen a fix here yet. Yes, windows XP home CAN
> HAVE THIS ERROR. Most of the time it is a bad hard drive. Use
> something like Hitachi Drive Fitness Test to see if there is an easily
> detectable problem with the drive. Also, if for some strange reason you
> have a good hard drive sitting around, you can try installing to it and
> copying things over. For laptop, get a USB external hard drive box to
> put the old drive in to copy over your data. I'll post more if I find
> any more info. Yeah, old post, but people are still looking for a
> solution.
>
>
> Agree with the snide comments and lack of help. I tried using a Linux password
hack and resetting all accounts (Admin, Owner, Guest) to unlocked and blank
password. Still getting "The specified domain either does not exist or could
not be contacted". Even starting in safe mode doesn't bypass the logon
issue. It does seem to be a hardware issue.