Re-establish Administrator Account with Company Domain

[Guest]

Hi, I have an Windows XP SP1 system. I use it mostly for connection into a
company network. I typically login in locally using domain/user-account with
locally cached credentials; the domain is a company domain that I access via
VPN. I let my son use the system while on vacation to surf the web (bad
ideal). He renamed the system from the name I use and I'm registered on the
company network. When this occurred, it looks like my domain/user-account
became inactive. It is still in the registry and the files and settings are
in c:/documents and settings/user-account.domain, however, it does not appear
in the user and groups. I want to reestablished the domain/user-account to
the user-account.domain, but nothing is working. Even the logging I have
turned on refers to this user, although it is not user-account.domain, but a
long set of characters like S-1-5-21-127 (and so on). How can I reestablish
this user with all my saves settings/configuations? Thanks in advance for
your assistance.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Hi, I have an Windows XP SP1 system. I use it mostly for connection
into a company network. I typically login in locally using
domain/user-account with locally cached credentials; the domain is
a company domain that I access via VPN. I let my son use the
system while on vacation to surf the web (bad ideal). He renamed
the system from the name I use and I'm registered on the company
network. When this occurred, it looks like my domain/user-account
became inactive. It is still in the registry and the files and
settings are in c:/documents and settings/user-account.domain,
however, it does not appear in the user and groups. I want to
reestablished the domain/user-account to the user-account.domain,
but nothing is working. Even the logging I have turned on refers to
this user, although it is not user-account.domain, but a long set
of characters like S-1-5-21-127 (and so on). How can I reestablish
this user with all my saves settings/configuations? Thanks in
advance for your assistance.

Sounds like it was actually removed from the domain.
You have to re-join the domain - meaning you have to probably take it to the
company IT department and have them rejoin the computer to the domain for
you.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the advice.

Sounds like it was actually removed from the domain.
You have to re-join the domain - meaning you have to probably take it to the
company IT department and have them rejoin the computer to the domain for
you.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Hi, I have an Windows XP SP1 system. I use it mostly for connection into a
company network. I typically login in locally using domain/user-account with
locally cached credentials; the domain is a company domain that I access via
VPN. I let my son use the system while on vacation to surf the web (bad
ideal). He renamed the system from the name I use and I'm registered on the
company network. When this occurred, it looks like my domain/user-account
became inactive. It is still in the registry and the files and settings are
in c:/documents and settings/user-account.domain, however, it does not appear
in the user and groups. I want to reestablished the domain/user-account to
the user-account.domain, but nothing is working. Even the logging I have
turned on refers to this user, although it is not user-account.domain, but a
long set of characters like S-1-5-21-127 (and so on). How can I reestablish
this user with all my saves settings/configuations? Thanks in advance for
your assistance.

By changing the computer from the domain to a workgroup, your son
destroyed the trust between the domain and the machine. In doing so,
he's also rendered your domain login credentials as invalid. You'll
need to be physically connected to the domain network, you'll need to
have administrative privileges to the workstation, and you'll need to
have sufficient privileges on the domain. Then you can add the machine
back on to the domain, after having first deleted the computer's old
domain account (unless you've also renamed the computer).

Take the computer to your company's IT department for repairs. I
do hope that your employer is of the understanding and forgiving
variety. In many companies, if the computer is company property, your
employment could be summarily terminated for allowing your child to use
it as a toy, and thereby rendering useless, company property.

This isn't entirely your fault, though. A lot of responsibility
rests squarely upon the shoulders of the network administrator. You
see, if the computer had been properly configured, your account would
not have had sufficient privileges to remove the computer from the
domain in the first place. Clearly, you lack the requisite knowledge to
be properly entitled to full administrative privileges on the computer,
or you would have known better than to allow you son to do what he did.
You would also have known that removing the computer from the domain
and joining your workgroup would not be necessary in order for you to
connect the laptop to your home network.


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Bruce Chambers

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