Cannot Login to Windows XP after changing from Domain to Workgroup

[Jay]

My laptop is belongs to my company domain. I was trying
to connect my laptop from work (uses a domain) to my
network at home (uses a workgroup). So, at home I
selected "Workgroup" so that I can connect to my local
drives and printer. I did that thinking that once I am
done, I could go back and change the settings again
to "Domain".

Now, I cannot even login. I use the same userid and
password that usually works, but login fail. Before the
changes, I was able to login at home even without the
domain controller.

How can I go back to "Domain"?

 

[Chuck]

My laptop is belongs to my company domain. I was trying
to connect my laptop from work (uses a domain) to my
network at home (uses a workgroup). So, at home I
selected "Workgroup" so that I can connect to my local
drives and printer. I did that thinking that once I am
done, I could go back and change the settings again
to "Domain".

Now, I cannot even login. I use the same userid and
password that usually works, but login fail. Before the
changes, I was able to login at home even without the
domain controller.

How can I go back to "Domain"?

Jay,

Bad news. You'll have to have a domain admin rejoin the laptop to the domain.
:-(

If you rejoin to the domain, you can always log in locally when you're at home
and access workgroup resources. After the laptop has been joined to the domain,
when you have it at home logged in locally, you won't see any resources directly
under Network Neighborhood / My Network Places - but look a little deeper, under
Entire Network - Microsoft Windows Network, and you can always find your
workgroup.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.