HELP locked out of xp professionsal

[maxatv]

My laptop was set to do the ctrl+alt+delete login and so whenever it turns on
i use my work login and get on, but while at home i wanted the computer to
show up on the network here so i googled and found to change the network id
under control panel/system/computer name/network id and I did this and now
i'm locked out of the computer and have no idea what to do PLEASE PLEASE
PLEASE help

 

[Pegasus [MVP]]

My laptop was set to do the ctrl+alt+delete login and so whenever it turns
on
i use my work login and get on, but while at home i wanted the computer to
show up on the network here so i googled and found to change the network
id
under control panel/system/computer name/network id and I did this and now
i'm locked out of the computer and have no idea what to do PLEASE PLEASE
PLEASE help

By disconnecting yourself from your work domain you destroyed the trust
relationship that existed. You now need to ask your network administrator
for the password that goes with the local Administrator account.

 

[maxatv]

Thats what I thought, after I get the admin password should i go back into
the control panel/system/computer name and change it back or will i have to
re-enter everything?

 

[maxatv]

ok so after i do that can i just go to control panel and change setting back
or does the guy who setup the network have to re-enter everything

 

[Shenan Stanley]

My laptop was set to do the ctrl+alt+delete login and so whenever
it turns on i use my work login and get on, but while at home i
wanted the computer to show up on the network here so i googled and
found to change the network id under control panel/system/computer
name/network id and I did this and now i'm locked out of the
computer and have no idea what to do PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help

By disconnecting yourself from your work domain you destroyed the
trust relationship that existed. You now need to ask your network
administrator for the password that goes with the local
Administrator account.

Thats what I thought, after I get the admin password should i go
back into the control panel/system/computer name and change it back
or will i have to re-enter everything?

A computer does not have to be a member of a workgroup to access most (all
normal) workgroup resources (shares, printers, etc.) You simply need a
valid user account and use that when you try to connect via IP/etc to
whatever resource you attempt to use.

Pretty much the same for most domains - although further limitation is
possible - it is not widely used.

By removing the computer from the domain - you have lost the domain trust
and likely access to all accountsthat allowed you to utilize that machine.
While Pegasus advice is correct - I will be surprised if the network (domain
actually) administrator will give you the local administrator password.
They may even remove you from the local administrators group for the
future - so this cannot happen again.

You will have to likely be connected to your work network to rejoin it.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

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ok so after i do that can i just go to control panel and change
setting back or does the guy who setup the network have to re-enter
everything

You will likely have to be connected to the physical network at work to get
to the actual domain to rejoin said laptop and it is unlikely the domain
administrator is about to give you the local administrator account password
for the laptop anyway. ;-) Although - they gave you administrative rights
originally - so...

And your user account doesn't likely have the rights you would need to
overwrite the account information already in the domain even if you were
connected to the physical work network and attempted to rejoin it.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

My laptop was set to do the ctrl+alt+delete login and so whenever it turns on
i use my work login and get on, but while at home i wanted the computer to
show up on the network here so i googled and found to change the network id
under control panel/system/computer name/network id and I did this and now
i'm locked out of the computer and have no idea what to do PLEASE PLEASE
PLEASE help

By changing the computer from the domain to a workgroup, you
destroyed the trust relationship 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, if the computer is company property, your employment
could be summarily terminated for your attempting to alter its
configuration in this way, and thereby rendering useless, company property.

This isn't entirely your 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 account would
not have had sufficient privileges to remove the computer from the
domain in the first place. Clearly, you lack the requisite knowledge to
be properly entitled to full administrative privileges on the computer,
or you would have known better than to do what you did. You would also
have known that removing the computer from the domain and joining your
workgroup would not be necessary in order for you to connect the laptop
to your home network.



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[maxatv]

Ok thanks! I am not the owner of the computer, My friends dad is and he also
owns the company so I doubt he'll get fired, he didn't want to join his home
network he did that he wanted to have his computer appear as a workgroup
computer so he could share pictures over the network. He's taking it in
tomorow and I instructed him he needed to have the guy who set it up input
the administrator password and login and re-configure it. I hope i instructed
him correctly I will let you know if they still can't get it to work,
THANKS!!!!