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[Soapm]

My Son was playing with my laptop from work. He was trying to make it
connect to our home network. In the process he finally admitted to running
the network wizard and sleeted workgroup setup instead of domain since
that's what we run at the house. I'm guessing this is the problem.

When it boots now, I only get the lines for username and password but not
the third for Domain. It has always had three lines even though the domain
is always set to N/A. When I try to log in it tells me to make sure my
username and domain are correct then type in my password again. Like I said,
there is no selection for domain.

I tried to restore to last known config but that didn't work. I can get to a
command prompt. Is there any way to put it back on the domain from the
command prompt? Any suggestions short of taking it to the techie guys next
year?

Thanks

 

[Ross Durie]

No, it has to rejoin the domain in which case it has to be connected to the
domain. Only your network admin can do that.

 

[Soapm]

D@MN that sucks, I have a ton of work to do before Monday.

 

[Malke]

D@MN that sucks, I have a ton of work to do before Monday.

Yes, well your son has taken care of that. For the future, here is how
you can use your work laptop (domain logon) at home:

From MVP Lanwench:
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>

Malke

 

[Bruce Chambers]

My Son was playing with my laptop from work. He was trying to make it
connect to our home network. In the process he finally admitted to running
the network wizard and sleeted workgroup setup instead of domain since
that's what we run at the house. I'm guessing this is the problem.

When it boots now, I only get the lines for username and password but not
the third for Domain. It has always had three lines even though the domain
is always set to N/A. When I try to log in it tells me to make sure my
username and domain are correct then type in my password again. Like I said,
there is no selection for domain.

I tried to restore to last known config but that didn't work. I can get to a
command prompt. Is there any way to put it back on the domain from the
command prompt? Any suggestions short of taking it to the techie guys next
year?

Thanks

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
has also rendered any domain login credentials as invalid. You need to
be physically connected to the domain network, you need to have
administrative privileges to the laptop, 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).

Take the laptop to your company's IT department (I can't help but
conclude that such exist, or the laptop would not have been a member of
a domain) for repairs. I do hope that your employer is of the
understanding and forgiving variety. In many companies, your employment
would be summarily terminated for altering (or allowing to be altered),
and thereby rendering useless, company property. The same goes for
allowing one's child to play with a business computer.

This isn't entirely your fault, though. A lot of responsibility
rests squarely upon the shoulders of the network administrator. You
see, if the laptop 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 (and your son) lack the requisite
knowledge to be properly entitled to full administrative privileges on
the computer, or you would have known better than to let your son
attempt 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 transfer files from the your computer to
the laptop.


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Bruce Chambers

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[Soapm]

From MVP Lanwench:
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:

What he was trying to overcome is that we run a static network at the house.
For some reason my 5861 DSL modem won't give an IP to his Xbox so we went to
static years ago to solve that problem. We hadn't got as far as adding
shares, he was trying to get it in the network, wirelessly with the static
ip of 192.168.254.248. It would see the network with excellent signal
strength but could not surf the net etc....

Ipconfig /all showed gateway, DNS etc.. were ok so he thought it was not
being trusted by our workgroup. I believe I know the problem now, our
wireless network is set for WEP 64 but he didn't know I made that change. By
the time I told him I was officially PUNKED!

What is the best way to set this up so it will be static at home but DHCP
everywhere else? I paged one of the Techie guys (he just installs hardware
like monitors, PC etc...) who is also a personal friend. He said he believes
they, "shut off the alternate network connection and so the only way to go
static would make me loose the domain". Does that sound right (He is not the
domain guy)?

 

[NobodyMan]

What he was trying to overcome is that we run a static network at the house.
For some reason my 5861 DSL modem won't give an IP to his Xbox so we went to
static years ago to solve that problem. We hadn't got as far as adding
shares, he was trying to get it in the network, wirelessly with the static
ip of 192.168.254.248. It would see the network with excellent signal
strength but could not surf the net etc....

Ipconfig /all showed gateway, DNS etc.. were ok so he thought it was not
being trusted by our workgroup. I believe I know the problem now, our
wireless network is set for WEP 64 but he didn't know I made that change. By
the time I told him I was officially PUNKED!

What is the best way to set this up so it will be static at home but DHCP
everywhere else? I paged one of the Techie guys (he just installs hardware
like monitors, PC etc...) who is also a personal friend. He said he believes
they, "shut off the alternate network connection and so the only way to go
static would make me loose the domain". Does that sound right (He is not the
domain guy)?

It sounds right to me, and for a good damn reason.

This is not YOUR computer, it belongs to your employer. It is set up
for your use at work, not for your network at home. Further, it was
your responsibility to maintain it in a fashion that allowed continued
operation as intended. I don't care if you son snuck the thing out
when you didn't realize it and screwed it up, it is still your
responsibility.

If you bring this back to me to add it back to the domain, you won't
get it back. I'll set up a desktop unit for you and retain the
laptop. You abused the privileges granted to you and as such that
would be your punishment.