Loss of Administrator account

[Guest]

Windows XP Pro.
I have my company laptop for both business and personal use. When I boot
up, it has me log into the company network even when I am home. In an effort
to bypass that so I use it on my home network, I deleted the user account for
my company which had administrator authority. Now, I still have to log on
using my company network logon but once in windows I cannot download, delete,
etc. since I don't have privledges. I need help on two fronts:
-Can I somehow restore administrator privledges on the laptop so I can use
it full function.
-Can I remove the requirement to log on to the company network now that we
have parted ways, I don't need it anymore. (It is my PC).

Thank you.

 

[Steven L Umbach]

Did you just delete the account or remove the computer from an Active
Directory domain?? You say that you deleted an administrator account but
that would mean that the account you were logged on with to do such also had
to be an administrator account as only administrators can delete other
administrators. The built in administrator account still exists and you can
use the command net localgroup administrators to see users that are
administrators.

Anyhow see the link below on what to do when the built in administrator
password is not known and once you can logon as an administrator [which you
may have to do in Safe Mode and you should try that first] you can go to
Control Panel/system/computer name - change to remove the computer from a
domain and add to a workgroup. --- Steve

http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm