changed log-in method...

[Guest]

I've just recently used my Win XP to join a domain, everything goes okay.
But after I've use the Win XP as a stand alone computer, without domain
anymore, the log-in can't be reverted back again to it once before.
Now it'll always prompted me to 'Ctrl-Alt-Del' in order to enter user names
and passwords, where usually (before the Win XP computer joined a domain)
it'll just enter and start Windows without prompting anything.
I wish to convert my Win XP back to it's first log-in state, without the
'Ctrl-Alt-Del' anymore, can this be done?
Thank you in advance.

 

[Malke]

I've just recently used my Win XP to join a domain, everything goes
okay. But after I've use the Win XP as a stand alone computer, without
domain anymore, the log-in can't be reverted back again to it once
before. Now it'll always prompted me to 'Ctrl-Alt-Del' in order to
enter user names and passwords, where usually (before the Win XP
computer joined a domain) it'll just enter and start Windows without
prompting anything. I wish to convert my Win XP back to it's first
log-in state, without the 'Ctrl-Alt-Del' anymore, can this be done?
Thank you in advance.

It is unclear from your post whether this is a laptop that is going back
and forth from your office (domain) to your home (no domain) or if this
is a machine that was a member of a domain and is no longer.

The Welcome Screen is not available when a machine is a member of a
domain. If the machine does not need to be a member of the domain any
more, from the local administrator disjoin the computer from the
domain. Make very sure you don't need to be a member of the domain any
more before you do this.

If you need more help, please post back with a better description of
your situation.

Malke

 

[Guest]

To Malke,

Thanks for your reply...
The computer is a PC, it's first state is a stand-alone workstations that
isn't connected to any domain/server or any other PCs.
After I tried to joined it into a domain, which works smoothly, the PC keep
popping up 'Ctrl-Alt-Del' message in the first Windows XP startup although
I've disjoined it from the domain.
I've already changed back the Domain/Workgroup name into Workgroup, which
should indicate that the PC is no longer need to join a domain. But the
Windows XP keeps the join domain login at the startup, just like if it's
about to join a domain.

I hope it clears a bit, thanks in advance again for your help.

 

[Malke]

To Malke,

Thanks for your reply...
The computer is a PC, it's first state is a stand-alone workstations
that isn't connected to any domain/server or any other PCs.
After I tried to joined it into a domain, which works smoothly, the PC
keep popping up 'Ctrl-Alt-Del' message in the first Windows XP startup
although I've disjoined it from the domain.
I've already changed back the Domain/Workgroup name into Workgroup,
which should indicate that the PC is no longer need to join a domain.
But the Windows XP keeps the join domain login at the startup, just
like if it's about to join a domain.

I hope it clears a bit, thanks in advance again for your help.

Log into the local (non-domain) Administrator account and go to the User
Accounts applet and enable the Welcome Screen. I'm assuming you used
the System applet>Computer name to change it back to a Workgroup and
this isn't just a name change.

Malke

 

[Malke]

To Malke,

Thanks for your reply...
The computer is a PC, it's first state is a stand-alone workstations
that isn't connected to any domain/server or any other PCs.
After I tried to joined it into a domain, which works smoothly, the PC

Just an additional thought - You could not have your workstation join a
domain unless it was on a network with a computer running an actual
server operating system. Just naming a standalone computer "domain"
could not possibly make it a real member of a domain. If my previous
answer to you didn't help, then please post back with the details of
what you actually did.

Malke