Password fails, switched from domain to workgroup

[Dan Hutchinson]

I am "helping" a friend reconfigure her old work computer
for use in her home. In My Computer/Properties/Network
Identification, I changed her computer name, and changed
it from a Domain to a Workgroup. After rebooting, she
can no longer log on to Windows with her username and
password ("The system could not log you on. Make sure
your user name and domain are correct..."

Dear God, what have I done?

 

[Marina Roos]

You shouldn't have changed those networksettings. The only thing your friend
can do is bring the computer back to the network where it belongs and ask
the system administrator to rejoin it.

 

[Bobby McMillan [MSFT]]

Dan,

She may have to ask an administror on the domain that it was in for a
password. If the password is not know then you may be looking at a
reinstall.



This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[Dan Hutchinson]

-----Original Message-----

Dan,

She may have to ask an administror on the domain that it was in for a
password. If the password is not know then you may be looking at a
reinstall.



This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

.
Thank you, Bobby. I've asked for the Administrator

password, if they know it. I'll keep my fingers crossed.
Dan

 

[Dan Hutchinson]

-----Original Message-----
You shouldn't have changed those networksettings. The only thing your friend
can do is bring the computer back to the network where it belongs and ask
the system administrator to rejoin it.

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Regards,

Marina

"Dan Hutchinson" <[email protected]> schreef in bericht



.
Dear Marina: Thank you for your advice. My soon-to-be-

ex-friend is trying to see if the Administrator user was
left on it, and if they can get her a password.
Otherwise, I guess I've stepped in it this time, huh?
Thanks again, Dan.