Accidentally Changed Network Type - Can't Login

[delecto]

Hello,

I have an XP laptop from work, that is set up for my company's network
and I did something stupid. Basically, I wanted to transfer files from
my home laptop to it, so I changed the network type to a "home"
network. It required me to restart for the changes to take affect...
and now my normal login doesn't work. I'm at a loss as to how to log
in again. I'm fairly sure my work's tech support can help me once I'm
back in the office, but honestly, I feel like quite the idiot and
would like to try & fix it first.

So, any ideas on like, how to log in? Or at least, why my normal login
doesn't work? I'm thinking that someone may have to sign in with an
admin ID to reset things (I'm a lowly user).

::sigh::

Thank you for your help!!

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have an XP laptop from work, that is set up for my company's
network and I did something stupid. Basically, I wanted to transfer
files from my home laptop to it, so I changed the network type to a
"home" network. It required me to restart for the changes to take
affect... and now my normal login doesn't work. I'm at a loss as to
how to log in again. I'm fairly sure my work's tech support can
help me once I'm back in the office, but honestly, I feel like
quite the idiot and would like to try & fix it first.

So, any ideas on like, how to log in? Or at least, why my normal
login doesn't work? I'm thinking that someone may have to sign in
with an admin ID to reset things (I'm a lowly user).


Thank you for your help!!

If you cannot logon, you cannot fix it.
If you do not have access to the domain you need to rejoin it to (physical -
like a network connection), you cannot fix it.
Dependent on the domain setup - you may/may not be able to fix it if you
could log inot the machine with a local admin account while connected to the
same network your domain is actually available on by simply joining it back
to the domain.

In other words - you will likely be taking it to your network support (IT
Staff) on Monday and asking them to join it to the domain again.

You did not have to join another workgroup/domain just to transfer files.
As long as you have a valid username/password on the other domain/computer -
you can map the resources of that domain/computer without changing the local
system (most of the time - there are domain setups that are exceptions to
this - but no workgroup setups I know of.)

 

[delecto]

If you cannot logon, you cannot fix it.
If you do not have access to the domain you need to rejoin it to (physical -
like a network connection), you cannot fix it.
Dependent on the domain setup - you may/may not be able to fix it if you
could log inot the machine with a local admin account while connected to the
same network your domain is actually available on by simply joining it back
to the domain.

In other words - you will likely be taking it to your network support (IT
Staff) on Monday and asking them to join it to the domain again.

You did not have to join another workgroup/domain just to transfer files.
As long as you have a valid username/password on the other domain/computer -
you can map the resources of that domain/computer without changing the local
system (most of the time - there are domain setups that are exceptions to
this - but no workgroup setups I know of.)

Thanks so much for getting back to me - I appreciate it. I think
you're right. I actually got ahold of our tech support line (a new
thing for our company) and they said exactly the same thing (that our
local IT staff would have to re-add it to the network). I'm glad to
have a second opinion, so thank you!