Changed from corporate workgroup to home net, now cannot logon

[Guest]

I changed an XPP notebook from a corporate workgroup setup to a home based
network I am now unable to logon at startup. The wizard that popped up when
I was trying to find out how to add a workgroup for my home net simply asked
if I wanted to set up either that or a coporate workgroup. After selecting
home based, the wizard came back with the restart to take effect message,
which I did. It never asked for a workgroup name or anything else. Now, at
startup, I'm faced with a logon prompt that shows the corporate logon name,
but will not accept the old password. Is there a default home network name
and/or password that might work here?

 

[Colin Nash [MVP]]

I changed an XPP notebook from a corporate workgroup setup to a home based
network I am now unable to logon at startup. The wizard that popped up
when
I was trying to find out how to add a workgroup for my home net simply
asked
if I wanted to set up either that or a coporate workgroup. After
selecting
home based, the wizard came back with the restart to take effect message,
which I did. It never asked for a workgroup name or anything else. Now,
at
startup, I'm faced with a logon prompt that shows the corporate logon
name,
but will not accept the old password. Is there a default home network
name
and/or password that might work here?

There is a local account called Administrator, but its likely that only your
work's network admin/IT department knows the password. Your domain account
is no longer valid on the computer, because you removed it from the domain.

You'll need to take it to your network admin/IT.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your rapid reply Colin. I was about to post a reply to my first
message with a "never mind..." because I just found out about getting in via
the Safe Mode. I added a new user so I at least can get logged on. But as
it's a new account I can't get to my data until the Admin folks at the school
I graduated from unlock it for me.

 

[Colin Nash [MVP]]

Thanks for your rapid reply Colin. I was about to post a reply to my
first
message with a "never mind..." because I just found out about getting in
via
the Safe Mode. I added a new user so I at least can get logged on. But
as
it's a new account I can't get to my data until the Admin folks at the
school
I graduated from unlock it for me.

I guess you managed to get into the built-in Administrator account and the
password was blank? Lucky break, there ...

You can get access to your files from the C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\(name of
your old profile) folder, by following these instructions while logged on
with an account that is a member of the Administrators group:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421&sd=tech

 

[Guest]

Colin, thanks again... but until I get the admin privileges back on my
machine I can't get to my files. My problem is that when I followed the
wizard to set up a home network it somehow trashed my logon password. All I
have done is manage to set up a new account so at least I can get the PC up
and running. But because the new user account was not set up by the admin
who "owns" the PC I cannot open any of the folders/files created under my old
user name. When I graduated from the culinary academy where I received the
notebook as a part of my tuition, they should have realized this kind of
problem would crop up. I'll be on the phone to them Monday... and BTW, the
XP operating system should not have let me set up a home network without at
least a warning that changing my settings could cause something like this!

 

[Colin Nash [MVP]]

Colin, thanks again... but until I get the admin privileges back on my
machine I can't get to my files. My problem is that when I followed the
wizard to set up a home network it somehow trashed my logon password. All
I
have done is manage to set up a new account so at least I can get the PC
up
and running. But because the new user account was not set up by the admin
who "owns" the PC I cannot open any of the folders/files created under my
old
user name. When I graduated from the culinary academy where I received
the
notebook as a part of my tuition, they should have realized this kind of
problem would crop up. I'll be on the phone to them Monday... and BTW,
the
XP operating system should not have let me set up a home network without
at
least a warning that changing my settings could cause something like this!

Did you try the instructions in my previous post? If you were able to get
in under Safe Mode, that was probably an administrator account and you will
have the ability to recover your files that way. If you can create new
accounts, you are an administrator.

XP does warn you when you try to remove a machine from a domain--- if you do
it the standard way, through the System Control Panel--> Network ID tab.
But if you use the Home Networking Wizard, you're right... I don't think it
gives that warning.