I had my computer set up to be a member of a domain. I took my computer from
the domain and joined a workgroup, now it won't le me logon anymore it does
not recognize my username and password. I use administrtaor and my usual
password. it should work but it doesn't is there any way I can get in and
rejoin the domain or find my administrator's password so that it will let me
in?
Any help appreciated,
Bob

Robert Dufour wrote:

> I had my computer set up to be a member of a domain. I took my
> computer from the domain and joined a workgroup, now it won't le me
> logon anymore it does not recognize my username and password. I use
> administrtaor and my usual password. it should work but it doesn't is
> there any way I can get in and rejoin the domain or find my
> administrator's password so that it will let me in?
> Any help appreciated,
> Bob

When you removed the computer from the domain, you lost the domain user
accounts. You will need to log into the computer using a local ("this
computer") account. If this is a computer from work, most likely there
are no local user accounts except for the built-in Administrator. If
you don't know the local Administrator password, you can change it to a
blank with NTpasswd but you're still not going to be able to rejoin the
domain from home. Changing the local Administrator password may also
have repercussions at work. You will need to bring your laptop to your
IT Dept. and have them rejoin your computer to the domain.

If this is a home computer and you were just fooling around with setting
up a domain, then by all means change the local Administrator to a
blank, log into Windows, and go to the User Accounts applet and make
yourself some local user accounts.

If you brought your work laptop home and removed it from the domain
because you want to use your home network resources, here's how to do
this (although you should consult with your IT Dept. first):

From MVP Lanwench - You don't need to change to a workgroup just to
access resources on it. You shouldn't play with your laptop's network
settings at all. Once you've logged in using your domain account (using
cached credentials), and have an IP address on the home network, you
can map drives, use printers, whatnot, very easily - one way, in a
command line:

net use x: \\computername\sharename /user:computername\username <enter>

MS KB article about the Net Use command - http://tinyurl.com/3bpnj

Also see:
Managing One Windows XP-based Laptop for the Office and Home by MVP
Charlie Russel - http://tinyurl.com/cpy9q
http://winhlp.com/wxdomainworkgroup.htm - MVP Hans-Georg Michna

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ - NTpasswd

Malke
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