Transitioning a System from Domain to Stand-alone?

[Dave Hardenbrook]

I am an A+ Certified Technician, and I'm working on a laptop running
Windows XP Pro that used to be part of a domain but now is a stand-alone
system used by a church. When I access Windows Security Center, I get a
message saying, "The Security settings on this computer are managed by a
network administrator because it is part of a domain", and the info
regarding installed anti-virus, firewall, etc. is hidden.

Is there a way (via the Registry or anything else short of reinstalling
Windows) I can turn the system back into a stand-alone system, so I can
manage the anti-virus and firewall setup? Or can someone point me to a
helpful resource? Or is this impossible without the Administrator of
the domain this system came from?


Dave

 

[Zadok]

I am an A+ Certified Technician, and I'm working on a laptop running
Windows XP Pro that used to be part of a domain but now is a stand-alone
system used by a church. When I access Windows Security Center, I get a
message saying, "The Security settings on this computer are managed by a
network administrator because it is part of a domain", and the info
regarding installed anti-virus, firewall, etc. is hidden.

Is there a way (via the Registry or anything else short of reinstalling
Windows) I can turn the system back into a stand-alone system, so I can
manage the anti-virus and firewall setup? Or can someone point me to a
helpful resource? Or is this impossible without the Administrator of
the domain this system came from?


Dave

What happens when you go into the properties of My Computer and change
it to Workgroup?

-- Zadok
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