Removing a PC from a domain - enabling local accounts.

[Boe]

Hello,

I tried to boot a PC in safe mode but it wouldn't accept any accounts or
passwords I tried. I used a unix boot CD I normally use to enable the
administrator account and password but it won't work on this PC. If I
remove it from the domain and put it in a work group - can I set up an
account with local PC administrative rights before I reboot? I want to make
sure it doesn't reboot and I can't log in to it locally and won't have a way
of getting it back into the domain.

I have a winfixer problem that none of the 5 programs I tried could get rid
of.- f-prot, ewiedo, Norton AV, fixwareout, adaware - (Using the absolute
latest version with latest definitions for all).
I was going to try VundoFix but it requires safe mode. I think the problem
might be mljgd.dll but I need safe mode to rename it. I can't figure out
what else is causing the winfixer popups.

Thanks

 

[Steven L Umbach]

You should be able to boot into Safe Mode with any local administrator
account to do what you want and the very least the built in administrator
account should work [even if disabled] assuming there is not some other
problem barring access to Safe Mode. Be sure to try a blank password also.
You also could try using msconfig for selective startup that pretty much is
the same as Safe Mode [except drivers maybe] once you disable services and
startup application. With all the problems that you are having I would
probably do a clean install of the operating system to a formatted system
drive and start over fresh being sure to backup any needed data files
rst. --- Steve