Workgroup/Domain Problem

[Guest]

A friend changed the domain to a workgroup via the Network Properties through
My Computer. When prompted for a username and password they put their name
and a password and rebooted the computer. However, their credentials aren't
logging them into the machine. Is there a way to get logged into the machine
or a way to set the domain back the way it was?

Thank You for any and all help

 

[Richard G. Harper]

Consult with your domain administrators at work.

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[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

A friend changed the domain to a workgroup via the Network Properties
through My Computer. When prompted for a username and password they
put their name and a password and rebooted the computer. However,
their credentials aren't logging them into the machine. Is there a
way to get logged into the machine or a way to set the domain back
the way it was?

Thank You for any and all help

Ah, a "friend", eh? I've heard that one before. ;-)

The only way you can log in is by using the local admin account & password -
but even this will not 'restore' anything or give him access to his old
domain profile. He will need to bring the computer back to work and ask the
domain admin to rejoin it to the domain. He or she will need to know the
local admin credentials on the laptop.

Note - you don't need to change to a workgroup just to access resources on
it. You shouldn't play with your laptop's network settings at all. Once
you've logged in using your domain account (using cached credentials), and
have an IP address on the home network, you can map drives, use printers,
whatnot, very easily - one way, in a command line:

net use x: \\computername\sharename /user:computername\username <enter>