fluorescein

I'm having the exact same problem on my Vista machine. I've been running Vista for about 8 months with minimal problems. This morning, I saw my computer had rebooted because of an update and I proceeded to login. I was greeted with the following message: "The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted."

"Specified domain" made it sound like a network problem, so I unplugged the ethernet cable and rebooted, but I still get the same error when I try to login.

I get the same error when I try to boot up under "Safe Mode" also. I am able to get to the Windows Repair mode. Automatic repair detects no errors. I have successfully system restored to prior to the windows update, as well as to a "happy state" 5 days ago, but I get the same login problem still, so I don't think it was the update that screwed me over.

I can't do a "real" repair because this is a Dell that had Vista pre-installed, so I only have a Vista reinstallation disc.

The only other thing I can think of is that I've been playing with a utility that changes the host name of my computer. I've read that this login error can show up when there are name conflicts or messed up network files. Has anyone figured out how to fix this problem?

Thanks much!