Transfer a network login to a local login

[Eric]

Hello,

We are having a small issue with a user's account. The user had a laptop
that was on the company domain , and the user is currently out of town for a
while. When the user took their laptop, it was left still on the domain, and
logging off/on with their domain login still stored in the system cache.
(Since the laptop is no longer "connected" to the domain.)

Well, the user's password expired since the expiration date for the password
was still set in the local cache, and the user cannot log in.

The user was able to login using the administrator account on the local
computer, but is there a way to:

1. Unlock the cached network login account via the local administrator
account?
2. Transfer the user's network account to a local account to keep the issue
from happening again?

We have thought about giving the user VPN access and unlocking the account,
which solves the first issue. But then how would we go about transferring the
cached network account to a local account without recreating their settings
and everything?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Hello,

We are having a small issue with a user's account. The user had a
laptop that was on the company domain , and the user is currently out
of town for a while. When the user took their laptop, it was left
still on the domain, and logging off/on with their domain login still
stored in the system cache. (Since the laptop is no longer
"connected" to the domain.)

Well, the user's password expired since the expiration date for the
password was still set in the local cache, and the user cannot log in.

Hmmm - that's odd. Without a DC to talk to, I've never seen this happen.
Usually the user can just keep working happily away with the old
password......

The user was able to login using the administrator account on the
local computer, but is there a way to:

1. Unlock the cached network login account via the local administrator
account?
No

2. Transfer the user's network account to a local account to keep the
issue from happening again?

You could *create* a new local account, but this won't do anything with the
profile.

We have thought about giving the user VPN access and unlocking the
account, which solves the first issue. But then how would we go about
transferring the cached network account to a local account without
recreating their settings and everything?

Unfortunately, the way to handle this is to have the user either connect it
back to your network (send it to you or come in) or connect to your network
from another one that has a VPN or leased line connection. A VPN client
won't do it, I suspect - although if you're you're using PPTP you can try
having the user tick the box for login over a dialup connection.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hello,

We are having a small issue with a user's account. The user had a laptop
that was on the company domain , and the user is currently out of town for
a
while. When the user took their laptop, it was left still on the domain,
and
logging off/on with their domain login still stored in the system cache.
(Since the laptop is no longer "connected" to the domain.)

Well, the user's password expired since the expiration date for the
password
was still set in the local cache, and the user cannot log in.

The user was able to login using the administrator account on the local
computer, but is there a way to:

1. Unlock the cached network login account via the local administrator
account?
2. Transfer the user's network account to a local account to keep the
issue
from happening again?

We have thought about giving the user VPN access and unlocking the
account,
which solves the first issue. But then how would we go about transferring
the
cached network account to a local account without recreating their
settings
and everything?

I may be wrong but I thought that expired passwords never lock
a machine. They force the user to enter a new password.

What is the exact message the user sees on the screen when trying
to log on? What prevents you from temporarily connecting the
machine to the office network in order to get this issue resolved?

 

[Eric]

Thanks for the responses. I am guessing that the user ignored the messages to
change their password until the point where it expired. It seems the only way
to do it would be to create a local account and transfer everything. Thanks.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Thanks for the responses. I am guessing that the user ignored the messages
to
change their password until the point where it expired. It seems the only
way
to do it would be to create a local account and transfer everything.
Thanks.

As I said before, even when a password has expired, the user
can still enter that expired password. He is then forced to enter
a new password. If he doesn't then he won't get anywhere.