Logon Screen

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I have a Dell laptop with Windows 2000 Professional on it. I disabled an old network domain by going through "My Netwwork Places" and changing the option from 'use as a business network computer' (or something like that) to 'use as a standalone comuter' (or something like that). Anyway, now the domaain name no longer appears in the Logon Screen but the Logon Screen still requires a Userid and Password. I've always logged on via the domain and I don't know the password for Windows. Without it, I cannot gain access to the comptuer. Does anyone kmow of a wway to bypass the Windows2000 Professional Logon Screen? Or, have another solution?

Thanks, in advance

Dave

 

[Ray at]

You have to log on using a local computer account, now that the computer
isn't in the domain. Either that, or ask a network administrator to put
your computer back in the domain. Try loggin on as Administrator with no
password. The local administrator password is set when the OS is installed,
and many people [foolishly] leave it blank. If you don't know what the
administrator password is, if it isn't blank, ask the person who installed
the OS on the computer.

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I have a Dell laptop with Windows 2000 Professional on it. I disabled an

old network domain by going through "My Netwwork Places" and changing the
option from 'use as a business network computer' (or something like that) to
'use as a standalone comuter' (or something like that). Anyway, now the
domaain name no longer appears in the Logon Screen but the Logon Screen
still requires a Userid and Password. I've always logged on via the domain
and I don't know the password for Windows. Without it, I cannot gain access
to the comptuer. Does anyone kmow of a wway to bypass the Windows2000
Professional Logon Screen? Or, have another solution?

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

By changing the computer from the domain to a workgroup, you have
destroyed the trust between the domain and the machine. In doing so,
you have also rendered any domain login credentials as invalid. You
need to be physically connected to the domain network, you need to
have administrative privileges to the workstation, and you need to
have administrative 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).


Bruce Chambers

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I have a Dell laptop with Windows 2000 Professional on it. I

disabled an old network domain by going through "My Netwwork Places"
and changing the option from 'use as a business network computer' (or
something like that) to 'use as a standalone comuter' (or something
like that). Anyway, now the domaain name no longer appears in the
Logon Screen but the Logon Screen still requires a Userid and
Password. I've always logged on via the domain and I don't know the
password for Windows. Without it, I cannot gain access to the
comptuer. Does anyone kmow of a wway to bypass the Windows2000
Professional Logon Screen? Or, have another solution?

 

[zeroyazi]

*I have a Dell laptop with Windows 2000 Professional on it.
disabled an old network domain by going through "My Netwwork Places
and changing the option from 'use as a business network computer' (o
something like that) to 'use as a standalone comuter' (
or something like that). Anyway, now the domaain name no longe
appears in the Logon Screen but the Logon Screen still requires
Userid and Password. I've always logged on via the domain and I don'
know the password for Windows. Without it, I cannot gai
n access to the comptuer. Does anyone kmow of a wway to bypass th
Windows2000 Professional Logon Screen? Or, have another solution?

Thanks, in advance.

Dave *

I have come across this same problem but with a change in workgroup.
Can anybody help me with this?

thank


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zeroyaz