How do you recover a domain name?

[Guest]

I wanted to network my dad's Windows 2000 laptop to my
Home XP computer. His computer requires a log on using a
user name, password and domain check. I stupidly changed
to domain name to WORKGROUP and now I can't get logged
on. Is there a way to restore the previous domain
settings? Can anyone help me? Plz post or email me.
Thanks

Jonathan
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[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

He'll need to bring the laptop back to work and ask the admins to rejoin his
computer to the domain. Even if you know the local admin password, he won't
have access to his profile, etc.

You didn't need to change his domain membership - you could have connected
his computer to the network and accessed resources on your XP computer by
providing the credentials -

net use x: \\yourPCname\share /user:yourPCname\yourUsername

 

[Dave]

you can try logging in using \\domain\username (or is it
//domain/username, i can never remember which slash that uses) instead of
just the username then use his old domain passwork. if the machine is
caching credentials as they normally do this will let him have access until
he gets back to the office and begs the IT people to put it back on the
domain properly.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

There are three simple rules in the world of Windows:

- Forward slashes (/) are used for command line switches,
e.g. xcopy /d /s . . .
- Backslashes (\) are used to delimit directory names,
e.g. c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office
- Double backslashes (\\) are used when referring to
another machine, e.g. \\SomeServer\SomeShare

Unix/Linux, however, use a different convention . . .

 

[Herb Martin]

And actually for User accounts it doesn't follow the "server UNC format"
but a slightly different one: server\user

I am also unsure if you can type this in once the computer leaves
the domain or in the logon box at all. (The pull down is normal
used there.)

BUT, you can also try (to guess) the UPN -- user principal name
which is usually (like) his email address: (e-mail address removed)
That one avoids the pull down, but I don't think it will work if
the machine is not a domain member (it might work for cached
but I have doubts.)

This whole thing is one of the reasons users should not be local
admins. This is what allowed the domain membership of the
machine to be changed.