I am running Windows 7 Pro on Toshiba netbooks in a Windows 2003 Server SP2 Active Directory environment. All of the sudden the windows 7 clients have randomly stopped allowing users to log on. They won't even allow the local admin account to log on now. When a user tries to logon to a netbook they get the following error "An attempt was made to logon, but the network logon service was not started" any suggestions?

Did you check to make sure the NETLOGON service was running on the Windows 7 system? Any GPOs that could be turning this Off. Check the event logs for any indication of problems. Visit: anITKB.com, an IT Knowledge Base.

No GPSs that I know of or can find. I can't even get in locally to the machine to check the NETLOGON Service

I would think that you would be able to log on locally to the computer. However, if that is not an option, I would proceed with booting up the system in the Recovery Console mode. You can access services from that environment.Visit: anITKB.com, an IT Knowledge Base.

You can try to restore the system in WinRE. You may refer: Running System Restore from System Recovery Options It is also applied in Windows 7. Important Note: Microsoft provides third-party contact information to help you find technical support. This contact information may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this third-party contact information.Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

you mabe able to use the free ultimatebootcd to undisable the administrator account. (i expect is disabled as it normally does this when you enter in your first user during setup.)www.mypchealth.co.uk

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