Domains v workgroups

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Hi all

I have a slight problem i need to resolve. I was asked to change 4 pcs from a domain to a workgroup as the server was being removed from their premises. Each pc was to be the setup using the ICS for broadband. The administrator logon had a password on it. I went into the system config and changed the pc to a workgroup and xp asked to be shutdown. When it rebooted, i was able configure the pc using the admin logon and no password. This process worked for 3 of the machines. I followed the exact same process for the 4th. When it asked me to reboot i could not get passed the password login prompt. The old and blank passwords would not work

How do i get passed the problem? I have thought about detaching the hard drive and making it a slave so that i can backup all the information before reinstalling windows xp pro. Is there an easier way to fix it? The guest function does not work

Any info would be welcome

Alan Miller..... First time networker.
 
I can't offer any solutions, but what I can say is that if this fourth pc was the domain controller then what worked for the other 3 won't work here. A domain controller is a function of a domain and as such it cannot function without a domain. If you had created a password reset disk then use it. Otherwise find out where the user creditentials where cached - there, at that location lies the solution to your problem.
 
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

Create the disk and reset the local password. Sounds like you had a typo.

Kundai said:
I can't offer any solutions, but what I can say is that if this fourth pc
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was the domain controller then what worked for the other 3 won't work here.
A domain controller is a function of a domain and as such it cannot function
without a domain. If you had created a password reset disk then use it.
Otherwise find out where the user creditentials where cached - there, at
that location lies the solution to your problem.
 
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