Removed XP from domain

[TIm]

I recently removed my computer with Windows XP Prof.
from my office back to my home. After doing so, I removed
it from my company's domain back to a workgroup. After
rebooting I tried to login. However, now I cannot. I have
tried all logon and password combos. What else can I do?

 

[Fritz]

You need to find out the local administrator's password from your IT people.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I recently removed my computer with Windows XP Prof.
from my office back to my home. After doing so, I removed
it from my company's domain back to a workgroup. After
rebooting I tried to login. However, now I cannot. I have
tried all logon and password combos. What else can I do?

By changing the computer from the domain to a workgroup, you have
destroyed the trust between the domain and the machine. In doing so,
you have also rendered any domain login credentials as invalid.
You'll need to create a new local user account for your use.

1) Restart the computer and log in using the built-in Administrator
account.

2) Click Start > Run and enter "control userpasswords2" followed by
clicking "OK."

3) Click "Add....", creating a new username and filling in the
desired information, and then click "Next >"

4) Set the password as desired and click "Next >"

5) Select the desired privilege access level for the new user account
and click "Finish."

Please see the following Knowledge Base article for an alternate
method and more information:

HOW TO Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;279783

6) Once the new account has been created, follow the instructions in
the following Knowledge Base article to copy data from your old domain
user account's profile to the new one:

How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811151

Then, when you return to work, you need to be physically connected
to the domain network, you need to have administrative privileges to
the workstation, and you need to have administrative 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).

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[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

I recently removed my computer with Windows XP Prof.
from my office back to my home. After doing so, I removed
it from my company's domain back to a workgroup. After
rebooting I tried to login. However, now I cannot. I have
tried all logon and password combos. What else can I do?

The only way you can log in is by using the local admin account & password -
but even this will not 'restore' anything or give you access to your old
domain profile. You need to bring your laptop back to work and ask the
domain admin to rejoin it to the domain. He or she will need to know the
local admin credentials on the laptop.

Note - 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>

 

[Guest]

Hold On... Can't you log on locally by selecting 'your computer name' in the
domain drop-down box... it will log you onto the laptop locally!!!!!!!1

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Hold On... Can't you log on locally by selecting 'your computer name'
in the domain drop-down box... it will log you onto the laptop
locally!!!!!!!1

Only if you have a local account for which you know the credentials - but
this won't give you anything in your domain profile....