Password requested at front screen, but never set one up...

[Guest]

I reimaged the laptop 3 times and everytime it prompts me for a password at
the log-in screen. I never set up a password. I tried logging in Safe Mode
and the administrator password is not "blank" as stated in another article.
I get the following error "The system cannot log you on due to the following
error: The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted".

What is this referring to???

Help in PA.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I reimaged the laptop 3 times and everytime it prompts me for a password at
the log-in screen. I never set up a password. I tried logging in Safe
Mode
and the administrator password is not "blank" as stated in another
article.
I get the following error "The system cannot log you on due to the
following
error: The specified domain either does not exist or could not be
contacted".

What is this referring to???

Help in PA.

I suspect that your laptop was at some stage connected
to an office domain. You now need to ask your network
administrator for a local account name & password.

 

[Patrick Keenan]

I reimaged the laptop 3 times and everytime it prompts me for a password at
the log-in screen. I never set up a password. I tried logging in Safe
Mode
and the administrator password is not "blank" as stated in another
article.
I get the following error "The system cannot log you on due to the
following
error: The specified domain either does not exist or could not be
contacted".

What is this referring to???

Help in PA.

These refer to the network domain that that laptop was part of. If you
want to log into it with it disconnected from the network, you have to log
into a local account. Talk to your IT people. There should be a local,
non-domain account for you to use when not connected to that network.

Is this laptop new to you, do you not use it on a domain?

HTH
-pk