I purchased a PC from my work where I was setup with an account that was on a
Lan an I had equivalent to administrator status. Upon bringing it home, I
wanted to setup my own home network. I went to "Control panel", "System",
"Computer name" and then chose "Change" to join a new workgroup. It then said
to reboot the PC. Upon rebooting I was prompted for a username and password
but no domain! My username and password would not give me access anymore. I
tried using the "true" admin and password combo from our IT guy and even that
did no work. I can't even log on to windows! Please help me!

Thanks,
--
Jethro

Jethro wrote:
> I purchased a PC from my work where I was setup with an account that was on a
> Lan an I had equivalent to administrator status. Upon bringing it home, I
> wanted to setup my own home network. I went to "Control panel", "System",
> "Computer name" and then chose "Change" to join a new workgroup. It then said
> to reboot the PC. Upon rebooting I was prompted for a username and password
> but no domain! My username and password would not give me access anymore. I
> tried using the "true" admin and password combo from our IT guy and even that
> did no work. I can't even log on to windows! Please help me!
>
> Thanks,

Hello Jethro:

I know this isn't the solution you want to read, but, you should never
trust a system used by another, ever!

Flatten & rebuild. It will also help with your system's divorce from
the now missing 'at-work' domain - permanently.

Best wishes,

--
1PW

On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:54:02 -0700, Jethro
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I purchased a PC from my work where I was setup with an account that was on a
> Lan an I had equivalent to administrator status. Upon bringing it home, I
> wanted to setup my own home network. I went to "Control panel", "System",
> "Computer name" and then chose "Change" to join a new workgroup. It then said
> to reboot the PC. Upon rebooting I was prompted for a username and password
> but no domain! My username and password would not give me access anymore. I
> tried using the "true" admin and password combo from our IT guy and even that
> did no work. I can't even log on to windows! Please help me!


If I acquired a used computer, no matter who previously owned it, the
first thing I would do with it would be to reinstall the operating
system cleanly. You have no idea how the computer has been maintained,
what has been installed incorrectly, what is missing, what viruses and
spyware there may be, etc. I wouldn't want to live with somebody
else's mistakes and problems, possibility of kiddy porn, etc., and I
wouldn't recommend that anyone else do so either.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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"Jethro" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:FC6CF2C3-B3FC-48DD-86BF-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I purchased a PC from my work where I was setup with an account that was on
>a
> Lan an I had equivalent to administrator status. Upon bringing it home, I
> wanted to setup my own home network. I went to "Control panel", "System",
> "Computer name" and then chose "Change" to join a new workgroup. It then
> said
> to reboot the PC. Upon rebooting I was prompted for a username and
> password
> but no domain! My username and password would not give me access anymore.
> I
> tried using the "true" admin and password combo from our IT guy and even
> that
> did no work. I can't even log on to windows! Please help me!
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Jethro

If you still think that you can trust this machine then you must ask the
server administrator at your workplace for the password that goes with the
local Administrator account.

Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:54:02 -0700, Jethro
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> I purchased a PC from my work where I was setup with an account that
>> was on a Lan an I had equivalent to administrator status. Upon
>> bringing it home, I wanted to setup my own home network. I went to
>> "Control panel", "System", "Computer name" and then chose "Change"
>> to join a new workgroup. It then said to reboot the PC. Upon
>> rebooting I was prompted for a username and password but no domain!
>> My username and password would not give me access anymore. I tried
>> using the "true" admin and password combo from our IT guy and even
>> that did no work. I can't even log on to windows! Please help me!
>
>
> If I acquired a used computer, no matter who previously owned it, the
> first thing I would do with it would be to reinstall the operating
> system cleanly. You have no idea how the computer has been maintained,
> what has been installed incorrectly, what is missing, what viruses and
> spyware there may be, etc. I wouldn't want to live with somebody
> else's mistakes and problems, possibility of kiddy porn, etc., and I
> wouldn't recommend that anyone else do so either.

But then he'd have to BUY a copy of the OS.

Oh well.

"HeyBub" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
>> On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:54:02 -0700, Jethro
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>> I purchased a PC from my work where I was setup with an account that
>>> was on a Lan an I had equivalent to administrator status. Upon
>>> bringing it home, I wanted to setup my own home network. I went to
>>> "Control panel", "System", "Computer name" and then chose "Change"
>>> to join a new workgroup. It then said to reboot the PC. Upon
>>> rebooting I was prompted for a username and password but no domain!
>>> My username and password would not give me access anymore. I tried
>>> using the "true" admin and password combo from our IT guy and even
>>> that did no work. I can't even log on to windows! Please help me!
>>
>>
>> If I acquired a used computer, no matter who previously owned it, the
>> first thing I would do with it would be to reinstall the operating
>> system cleanly. You have no idea how the computer has been maintained,
>> what has been installed incorrectly, what is missing, what viruses and
>> spyware there may be, etc. I wouldn't want to live with somebody
>> else's mistakes and problems, possibility of kiddy porn, etc., and I
>> wouldn't recommend that anyone else do so either.
>
> But then he'd have to BUY a copy of the OS.
>
> Oh well.
>


Not if his company is willing to loan him the install CD, and the company
has legal licenses for the right number of users.

"HeyBub" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
>> On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:54:02 -0700, Jethro
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>> I purchased a PC from my work where I was setup with an account that
>>> was on a Lan an I had equivalent to administrator status. Upon
>>> bringing it home, I wanted to setup my own home network. I went to
>>> "Control panel", "System", "Computer name" and then chose "Change"
>>> to join a new workgroup. It then said to reboot the PC. Upon
>>> rebooting I was prompted for a username and password but no domain!
>>> My username and password would not give me access anymore. I tried
>>> using the "true" admin and password combo from our IT guy and even
>>> that did no work. I can't even log on to windows! Please help me!
>>
>>
>> If I acquired a used computer, no matter who previously owned it, the
>> first thing I would do with it would be to reinstall the operating
>> system cleanly. You have no idea how the computer has been maintained,
>> what has been installed incorrectly, what is missing, what viruses and
>> spyware there may be, etc. I wouldn't want to live with somebody
>> else's mistakes and problems, possibility of kiddy porn, etc., and I
>> wouldn't recommend that anyone else do so either.
>
> But then he'd have to BUY a copy of the OS.
>
> Oh well.

Having a PC without the installation media is asking for trouble. The OP
should get a copy of a WinXP CD right now (which is perfectly legal) and
make a note of the product key that goes with the CD.

"HeyBub" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> But then he'd have to BUY a copy of the OS.
>
> Oh well.
>

But since the OP seems to be great buddies with his IT dept perhaps they
will provide them with the corporate license key.

HeyBub wrote:
> Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
>> On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:54:02 -0700, Jethro
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>> I purchased a PC from my work where I was setup with an account that
>>> was on a Lan an I had equivalent to administrator status. Upon
>>> bringing it home, I wanted to setup my own home network. I went to
>>> "Control panel", "System", "Computer name" and then chose "Change"
>>> to join a new workgroup. It then said to reboot the PC. Upon
>>> rebooting I was prompted for a username and password but no domain!
>>> My username and password would not give me access anymore. I tried
>>> using the "true" admin and password combo from our IT guy and even
>>> that did no work. I can't even log on to windows! Please help me!
>>
>>
>> If I acquired a used computer, no matter who previously owned it, the
>> first thing I would do with it would be to reinstall the operating
>> system cleanly. You have no idea how the computer has been
>> maintained, what has been installed incorrectly, what is missing,
>> what viruses and spyware there may be, etc. I wouldn't want to live
>> with somebody else's mistakes and problems, possibility of kiddy
>> porn, etc., and I wouldn't recommend that anyone else do so either.
>
> But then he'd have to BUY a copy of the OS.

Not necessarily. OP hasn't provided enough information for us to know
one way or the other...

On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:54:02 -0700, Jethro
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I purchased a PC from my work where I was setup with an account that was on a
>Lan an I had equivalent to administrator status. Upon bringing it home, I
>wanted to setup my own home network. I went to "Control panel", "System",
>"Computer name" and then chose "Change" to join a new workgroup. It then said
>to reboot the PC. Upon rebooting I was prompted for a username and password
>but no domain! My username and password would not give me access anymore. I
>tried using the "true" admin and password combo from our IT guy and even that
>did no work. I can't even log on to windows! Please help me!
>
>Thanks,

Domain to private , knocked out the domain password - can`t use any
password(s) because it`s now locked .