Domain Workstation to Stand Alone PC Migration

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I have a PC running Windows XP Professional that used to be a workstation on
a Domain. It is now used at home as a stand alone PC.

On startup, the PC still goes thru 'Preparing Network Connections' and then
prompts 'Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to logon' .

How can this behavior be changed so the PC boots like any new non-networked
XP PC with a single user defined?

Thanks in advance.
 
I have a PC running Windows XP Professional that used to be a workstation on
a Domain. It is now used at home as a stand alone PC.

On startup, the PC still goes thru 'Preparing Network Connections' and then
prompts 'Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to logon' .

How can this behavior be changed so the PC boots like any new non-networked
XP PC with a single user defined?

Thanks in advance.
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right click my computer, choose property, click the computer name
tab,click change, click the radio button with text"Workgroup", click
OK then reboot the computer, now you should no more in the domain. But
before do this, just make sure that you have a local account that will
log you in. Because when you are not in the domain, your domain logon
credential will be useless.
 
scptech said:
I have a PC running Windows XP Professional that used to be a
workstation on a Domain. It is now used at home as a stand alone PC.

On startup, the PC still goes thru 'Preparing Network Connections'
and then prompts 'Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to logon' .

How can this behavior be changed so the PC boots like any new
non-networked XP PC with a single user defined?

Thanks in advance.
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Presuming you've already removed the computer from the domain and are
logging in as a local admin, you need to enable the welcome screen/fast user
logon (control panel, user accounts).

But you might do a complete reinstall of this computer to ensure that it has
only the settings you wish. There may be a lot of group policy settings
"tattooed" on this PC that will interfere with your regular home use.
 
Thank you.

Lanwench said:
Presuming you've already removed the computer from the domain and are
logging in as a local admin, you need to enable the welcome screen/fast user
logon (control panel, user accounts).

But you might do a complete reinstall of this computer to ensure that it has
only the settings you wish. There may be a lot of group policy settings
"tattooed" on this PC that will interfere with your regular home use.
Click to expand...
 
Thank you very much for the response.

Benny Van said:
right click my computer, choose property, click the computer name
tab,click change, click the radio button with text"Workgroup", click
OK then reboot the computer, now you should no more in the domain. But
before do this, just make sure that you have a local account that will
log you in. Because when you are not in the domain, your domain logon
credential will be useless.
Click to expand...
 
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