Jerry said:
I changed the computer name and took it from the domain to a
workgroup. I did this with an admin account with full rights in the
domain. However now when I start Windows, the same user is no longer
admitted!
Of course you can't log onto that account any more; it was a domain
account and your computer is no longer a member of the domain. The only
way to get into the computer at this moment is to log onto the local
Administrator account. If you don't know the local Administrator
password you can change it to a blank with NTpasswd, but your work IT
Dept. might be extremely displeased.
The best solution is to take it to work and ask the IT Dept. to please
rejoin you to the domain. Then ask them how to use your home network
resources (printers, etc.) with your domain-member laptop. Here are
some links about doing that, but you should check with your IT people
first since they may have an opinion about this.
From MVP Lanwench - 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>
MS KB article about the Net Use command -
http://tinyurl.com/3bpnj
Managing One Windows XP-based Laptop for the Office and Home by MVP
Charlie Russel
http://tinyurl.com/cpy9q
http://winhlp.com/wxdomainworkgroup.htm - MVP Hans-Georg Michna
Malke
