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New XP Professional system with SP2 and all Microsoft priority security
windows updates installed.
I’ve managed to lock myself out of XP whilst setting up our new XP Pro
desktop without, as far as I am aware, doing anything wrong.
The sequence of events was as follows:
Having completed the initial “first time†system set-up on the PC (including
applying all relevant Windows updates), I set a static IP address &
successfully connected to our local network.
This was initially as part of the local workgroup but subsequently I
successfully logged on to the local domain (the server for which is powered
by Win2K server), evidenced by being able access the share folders & files on
the server.
I then decided that I wanted to back track to workgroup status. This the
system appeared to let me do (asking me for an administrator login along the
way). The system then instructed me to re-boot to put the change into effect.
On re-booting, I was unexpected presented with the domain style
“Ctl-Alt-Del†Windows login screen rather than the anticipated workgroup
style of available user ID’s.
Unfortunately, the system will not accept either the original Workgroup user
Id’s used prior to my initially joining the domain (all of which had blank
passwords) or the domain logins that had been successfully used after joining
the domain.
In other words, I am completely stuffed!
The only odd thing I notice is that the user field in the current
inaplicable Domain login screen is set by the system to “Àdministrator†(with
an acute accent over the A, rather than the normal “Administratorâ€)
So my questions are:
a) What, if anything, did I do wrong to cause the impasse to arise?
b) Can the problem be resolved without having to re-build the system from
the "factory image" backup? If so, how?
windows updates installed.
I’ve managed to lock myself out of XP whilst setting up our new XP Pro
desktop without, as far as I am aware, doing anything wrong.
The sequence of events was as follows:
Having completed the initial “first time†system set-up on the PC (including
applying all relevant Windows updates), I set a static IP address &
successfully connected to our local network.
This was initially as part of the local workgroup but subsequently I
successfully logged on to the local domain (the server for which is powered
by Win2K server), evidenced by being able access the share folders & files on
the server.
I then decided that I wanted to back track to workgroup status. This the
system appeared to let me do (asking me for an administrator login along the
way). The system then instructed me to re-boot to put the change into effect.
On re-booting, I was unexpected presented with the domain style
“Ctl-Alt-Del†Windows login screen rather than the anticipated workgroup
style of available user ID’s.
Unfortunately, the system will not accept either the original Workgroup user
Id’s used prior to my initially joining the domain (all of which had blank
passwords) or the domain logins that had been successfully used after joining
the domain.
In other words, I am completely stuffed!
The only odd thing I notice is that the user field in the current
inaplicable Domain login screen is set by the system to “Àdministrator†(with
an acute accent over the A, rather than the normal “Administratorâ€)
So my questions are:
a) What, if anything, did I do wrong to cause the impasse to arise?
b) Can the problem be resolved without having to re-build the system from
the "factory image" backup? If so, how?