Cannot log onto XP Pro laptop after joining Workgroup

[Shelley]

I changed the network setting on my laptop from being a
member of a domain to joining a workgroup.

Now I cannot log onto the computer at all.

I'm running XP Professional.
I've tried logging on with:
- the local machine administrator account
- with my domain account
- with an account of one of the workgroup users

Can I get by this?

Thanks for your suggestions.

Shelley

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I changed the network setting on my laptop from being a
member of a domain to joining a workgroup.

Now I cannot log onto the computer at all.

I'm running XP Professional.
I've tried logging on with:
- the local machine administrator account
- with my domain account
- with an account of one of the workgroup users

Can I get by this?

Thanks for your suggestions.

Shelley

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]]

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>

 

[Blue]

I have a related question. I did resist the urge to change any
settings on my work laptop, and you're right about it being easy to
access workgroup resources once connected to my router.

But...

In that environment, where the laptop is not a member of the local
workgroup, is it possible to assign permissions to the laptop users to
control access to folders residing on, say, a workgroup computer
running WinXP Pro? I know I can do it using remote logon as a user on
the XP computer, but prefer if possible to just do it by setting
permissions on specific folders without using remote logon.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

I have a related question. I did resist the urge to change any
settings on my work laptop, and you're right about it being easy to
access workgroup resources once connected to my router.

But...

In that environment, where the laptop is not a member of the local
workgroup, is it possible to assign permissions to the laptop users to
control access to folders residing on, say, a workgroup computer
running WinXP Pro? I know I can do it using remote logon as a user on
the XP computer, but prefer if possible to just do it by setting
permissions on specific folders without using remote logon.

Not sure I understand fully, but if you're talking about setting security on
the "host" computer, you have to do it on that computer itself (either at
the console or via RD). You can't set permissions remotely over the network.

 

[Blue]

to explain further...

I have a workgroup set up at home with a router and several computers.

The XP Pro computer is a member of the workgroup and holds files I
would like to access via my laptop (not a member of the workgroup)
over my home network. BUT I want to be able to control access to
certain folders on the XP computer so that I can access them, but no
one else. I know how to set permissions for local users, but my laptop
does not show up as a user when I am trying to set permissions.

Is there some way to set permissions for a non-local user? Or to
control access to folders by assigning a user name and password for
access in WinXP so that a non-local user could "log on" to a folder?

 

[Shelley]

Thanks for your input. I did get back onto my laptop this
morning and am back on the right domain.

I was finally able to logon with the local machine Admin
account after realizing the password contained a lower
case l and not the number 1. Darn! User problems and
I'm the user.