Domain to Workgroup change local user password lost

[usenetjs]

To all,
I changed a Windows XP Pro machine from a domain to a
workgroup.
XP asked for a userid/password to do this change with
admin access. All OK as i typed in the password

It asked to reboot..and... Unable to login since. I have
no access to any user or admin userid/passwords.
I tried rebotting in safe mode, Last Known Good config. Both didnt
help.

How do I recover?
I would like to go back to my original domain.

Help, Thanks in Advance - sj

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

In

To all,
I changed a Windows XP Pro machine from a domain to a
workgroup.
XP asked for a userid/password to do this change with
admin access. All OK as i typed in the password

But for what account? If it was a domain account, and you didn't know any
local admin credentials, you locked your keys in the car.

It asked to reboot..and... Unable to login since. I have
no access to any user or admin userid/passwords.
I tried rebotting in safe mode, Last Known Good config. Both didnt
help.

How do I recover?
I would like to go back to my original domain.

If this computer is still on the network where the domain is, the domain
admin may know the password - or you can use third party tools to reset the
local admin password. See
http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm for help.

If you can't contact the original domain controller over the network, you
can't rejoin the domain.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

To all,
I changed a Windows XP Pro machine from a domain to a
workgroup.
XP asked for a userid/password to do this change with
admin access. All OK as i typed in the password

It asked to reboot..and... Unable to login since. I have
no access to any user or admin userid/passwords.
I tried rebotting in safe mode, Last Known Good config. Both didnt
help.

How do I recover?
I would like to go back to my original domain.

Help, Thanks in Advance - sj

By changing the computer from the domain to a workgroup, you've
destroyed the trust between the domain and the machine. In doing so,
you've also rendered your domain login credentials as invalid. You'll
need to be physically connected to the domain network, you'll need to
have administrative privileges to the workstation, and you'll need to
have sufficient 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).

Take the computer to your company's IT department for repairs. I
do hope that your employer is of the understanding and forgiving
variety. In many companies, your employment could be summarily
terminated for altering, and thereby rendering useless, company property.



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Bruce Chambers

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