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corruptrd administrator name
About this tag
The corruptrd administrator name tag covers issues where a Windows administrator account name becomes corrupted, preventing login and loss of admin privileges. In one case, a user created an admin account but the name was corrupted to include a period and space, making it unrecognized by the system. The user could not log in or use net user commands to fix the name, and had no other admin account. This tag is relevant for Windows 7 and similar versions where account name corruption blocks administrative access and system upgrades.
I created an administrator account for MSConway and changed my original account (pmconway) to user. Now when I log in to MSConway I get "The user name or password is corrupted." At the cmd line I entered "net users" and saw that my Admin account is mistakenly named "Ms. Conway". Also, when I...