Joining domain locked down

[Guest]

Hi,
We just acquired a laptop from another company. It’s currently a member of a
workgroup. I wanted to add the computer to our domain and the area where you
make it happen is grayed out, so it will not allow me to do it.
I think that the system has been locked down from the company it came from.
When I go into “Local Security Settingsâ€, the “Account Policies†and “Local
Policies†have a lock icon on it. Is there a way to set the system\security
policies back to default? Thanks.

Mitch

 

[Malke]

Hi,
We just acquired a laptop from another company. It’s currently a
member of a workgroup. I wanted to add the computer to our domain and
the area where you make it happen is grayed out, so it will not allow
me to do it. I think that the system has been locked down from the
company it came from. When I go into “Local Security Settingsâ€, the
“Account Policies†and “Local Policies†have a lock icon on it. Is
there a way to set the system\security policies back to default?
Thanks.

Mitch

The best thing to do is to format the drive and clean install Windows.
Otherwise you'll be constantly running into the other company's Group
Policies, etc.

http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html - Clean Install How-To
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Reinstalling_Windows -
What you will need on-hand

Malke