Adding Workgroup and no longer able to log into computer

[Guest]

I was trying to add my home network to my work laptop. I added a Workgroup
domain, and I can no longer log in at startup using my user name and
password. Any help would be appreciated.

BTW, I have to Ctrl-Alt-Del to log in.

 

[pcbutts1]

Well if you removed your laptop from the domain using the Computer Name tab
from the system properties window then you are SOL unless you have a local
log on. You will have to wait until you go back to work and have an admin
re-add your system back into your work domain. When they do that tell them
to also set you up with a local log in.

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[Bruce Chambers]

I was trying to add my home network to my work laptop. I added a Workgroup
domain, and I can no longer log in at startup using my user name and
password. Any help would be appreciated.

BTW, I have to Ctrl-Alt-Del to log in.

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 your domain login credentials as invalid. 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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[pcbutts1]

after having first deleted the computer's old domain account

Deleting the old account is not necessary. When the system is put back on
the domain his previous login and settings will return.


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[Guest]

How about the other way around. Fresh install of WinXP Pro SP2 with
administrator local account.

Try to establish a Domain Logon via. the "Computer Name" tab, [Network ID]
wizard, it says found my Domain profile on the server using the correct
domain administrator logon, but when I click to use it I get "RPC service
unavailable." Our IT administrator gets the same thing with his domain logon.

Not, my domain logon works from other desktops.