Domain Issues

[Scott]

My wife brought her computer home from work so we could
copy some personal files over to our home system. Since
her laptop was conifigured for a domain at work I changed
the setup to a workgroup that I use at home and then
rebooted the system as it asked me too. Now I cannot log
on to the operating system because it is not accepting
her user name and password anymore. I think it is still
looking for the domain. I do not have an administrator
log on and passoword.

I need to change the config back from the workgroup set
up to the original domain setup or how can I get it to
log back on to the operating system with the current
workgroup setup?

I would like to just put the system back to its orginal
state but once again no matter what I do it is asking for
a user name and password which is not accpeting the one
we always use.

Thanks in advance,

Scott

 

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

My wife brought her computer home from work so we could
copy some personal files over to our home system. Since
her laptop was conifigured for a domain at work I changed
the setup to a workgroup that I use at home and then
rebooted the system as it asked me too. Now I cannot log
on to the operating system because it is not accepting
her user name and password anymore. I think it is still
looking for the domain. I do not have an administrator
log on and passoword.

I need to change the config back from the workgroup set
up to the original domain setup or how can I get it to
log back on to the operating system with the current
workgroup setup?

Hi

Sorry, you will need to be connected to the domain (and know the local
administrators password) to be able to join the domain again. You wife needs to
contact IT personnel when she returns to work.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

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
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).

If you cannot do this, your wife will have no option but to wait
until Monday to go back to work and throw herself on the mercy of the
her network administrator. I do hope that your wife's employer is of
the understanding and forgiving variety. In many companies, your
wife's employment would be summarily terminated for altering (or
allowing to be altered), and thereby rendering useless, company
property.

This isn't entirely your or your wife's fault, though. A lot of
responsibility rests squarely upon the shoulders of the network
administrator. You see, if the computer had been properly configured,
your wife's account would not have had sufficient privileges to remove
the computer from the domain in the first place. Clearly, your wife
lacks the requisite knowledge to be properly entitled to full
administrative privileges on the computer, or she would have known
better than to let you attempt what you did. She would also have
known that removing the computer from the domain would not be
necessary in order for her to transfer files from the computer to the
laptop.


Bruce Chambers

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