Add computer to domain from server

[Tales Mein]

Hi we lost the admin password for a workstation, and need to add it to the
domain
2000 server , 2000 workstation

Can we add this computer to the domain via the server?

I add the computer name, but I cannot manage it. Get message Access is
Denied.
Thanks

 

[Richard G. Harper]

You don't need a local admin account to add a PC to a network, just a domain
admin account (or any account that has the permission to add a workstation
to a domain). Now if you're saying you can't log onto the PC because you
don't have a local account to use to log on, that's a different problem and
one you can't solve with or without a domain.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Hi we lost the admin password for a workstation, and need to add it to the
domain
2000 server , 2000 workstation

Can we add this computer to the domain via the server?

I add the computer name, but I cannot manage it. Get message Access is
Denied.
Thanks

If this is a standalone computer, and you don't know the admin password for
it, you can't join it to the domain til you reset it - then you join it from
the workstation itself, after logging into the local admin account.

See
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/lostpass.htm
and/or
http://securityadmin.info/db/faqresults.asp?keyword=password&SType=AnyWord&CATID=Optional
and/or
http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm