Help in logging on to the system

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Hi,
I have posted this in the "XP Help and Support" group but maybe it is not
the right group... and I am getting deperate for not having access to my
laptop anymore!
I wanted to connect my private computer working under XP to my office laptop
also working under XP.
What I did is changing the settings in my professional computer under
"Computer" --> Properties --> "Computer Name" --> "Network ID" from
professional (connected to a company network) to private.

Now, when I start my laptop, I do not get the possibility to choose the
network domain anymore, and when I fill in there my professional user ID and
password I get a "wrong password" message... so I can't access the system to
change the networking properties as they were before.

Could you please let me know what I can do to log on again?

Many thanks for your kind help!

Best regards,
 
Valeria said:
Hi,
I have posted this in the "XP Help and Support" group but maybe it is not
the right group... and I am getting deperate for not having access to my
laptop anymore!
I wanted to connect my private computer working under XP to my office
laptop
also working under XP.
What I did is changing the settings in my professional computer under
"Computer" --> Properties --> "Computer Name" --> "Network ID" from
professional (connected to a company network) to private.

Now, when I start my laptop, I do not get the possibility to choose the
network domain anymore, and when I fill in there my professional user ID
and
password I get a "wrong password" message... so I can't access the system
to
change the networking properties as they were before.

Could you please let me know what I can do to log on again?

Many thanks for your kind help!

Best regards,
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Your domain logon is not valid on the PC which is no
longer a member of the domain ( as you have just discovered! )

You need to to know a local account on the PC to be able to log on locally.
Try logging on as Administrator, with no password.

If Administrator / blank does not work, you need to talk to your work admins
who may know the local administrator password.
Your work's domain admin will need access to this local admin account
anyway, in order to re-join you to the domain.

If no-one knows the local Administrator account password, then you're locked
out unless you re-set the Administrator password:
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

Incidentally, there was no need to remove the machine
from the domain to access your non-domain machine.

Continue to log in with your domain credentials
( cached credentials makes this work );

Then map a network drive to the other machine, but choose the
option to 'connect using a different user name', and enter the username
in the form 'Other-pc-name\Username' along with the associated password.
 
Ron,
thank you. they had already threatened to reformat my computer, but I could
log on and change the settings with your help!
You saved at least 3 days of work.
Best regards,
Valeria
 
Ron:

Is there a way to reset the cashed login information? I have the same
problem every few weeks and my folks do not know why it keeps happening.

Jose
 
Mexicolindo said:
Ron:

Is there a way to reset the cashed login information? I have the same
problem every few weeks and my folks do not know why it keeps happening.

Jose
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Ctrl Panel | User Accounts

( XP-pro in a domain defaults to the 'real' user accounts applet,
not the toy one you get with XP home / XP pro in a workgroup )

Advanced tab | Manage Passwords.
 
Ok I can get into the system using the administrator log on and have access
to my files. I have a problem when I go to user accounts that it is only
listing the local users. My original user account that was looking for the
netork domain is not listed under user accounts.

I know I am missing something but am not sure what.
 
To anybody ...

I’ve never set up a home network before. I have XP Pro (Media Center) on my
home computer and XP Pro on my wife’s Dell laptop she got from her college.

The PC is wired to a wireless router, which is connected to the DSL modem.
The laptop is setup for wireless.

I went through the Network Setup Wizard on the PC and I believe it should be
fine, BUT when I went to do the same on the laptop, it wouldn’t allow me to
use Network Setup Wizard. Instead, Dell has proprietary software called
Network Wireless Utility. There were no instructions for using the program
(not even Help file). So I tried using Windows New Connection Wizard in My
Network Places. It took the information I plugged in and said to Restart. So
I did.

After the reboot, I got the typical “Press Control, Alt, Delete†screen, and
it took me to a Windows logon screen, but not the same logon screen she had
before. This logon screen wouldn’t accept her password (nor the password
given her when she received the computer initially). I’m stuck.

Dell support told me to take it to a shop or do a system re-install. They
wouldn’t guarantee that we wouldn’t lose her files doing a re-install. We
can’t afford to lose the data on the computer, so very hesitant to doing a
re-install.

Can anyone help me?

Dennis
 
Hi Ron,

I also did the same thing, but the problem is I have no idea what the local
administrator password is, and don't have access to the boot disk. I'm not
sure if the original username and password I had was the domain or local. Is
there any hope?

Yours,
Jen
 
jen said:
Hi Ron,

I also did the same thing, but the problem is I have no idea what the
local
administrator password is, and don't have access to the boot disk.
I'm not
sure if the original username and password I had was the domain or
local. Is there any hope?
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You will need to do the same thing that Ron Lowe told the Original
Poster - go to your work's IT Dept. and nicely ask them to rejoin the
domain. Tell them you'd like to be able to work at home and they will
tell you how.

Malke
 
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