Wrong Domain preventing login to laptop

[Guest]

Please help me. I have completely screwed up my work computer (oops). I was
trying to access files on my home network, so I changed the computer from my
work Domain to my home Workgroup. Well, on logon, Mr. Craptastic-Gateway
wasn't so happy. And the convenient little Domain selector-jobby disappeared.
I apologize if my language is too technical (chuckle).

Thanks bundles for any help. I'd really like to avoid admitting this level
of idiocy to the IT guys on Tuesday.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Please help me. I have completely screwed up my work computer
(oops). I was trying to access files on my home network, so I
changed the computer from my work Domain to my home Workgroup.
Well, on logon, Mr. Craptastic-Gateway wasn't so happy. And the
convenient little Domain selector-jobby disappeared. I apologize if
my language is too technical (chuckle).

Thanks bundles for any help. I'd really like to avoid admitting
this level of idiocy to the IT guys on Tuesday.

You will have to take it to your IT staff - because only they will likely be
able to rejoin the domain.

What you did was remove the system from the domain for no reason - because
the computer does not have to be a member of a workgroup to access the
resources of that workgroup. The user does have to know a little more about
the network and how to connect in the appropriate ways. The same can be
said about domain resources in most cases.

However - when you left the domain - you lost the ability to logon with the
domain username/password you were obviously using. You may/may not know a
local admin user account on the machine - that will let you at least use the
machine for now - but without a domain account at work that allows you to
join a machine to the domain - the IT staff will have to do that for you to
restore your ability to logon with your normal user account.

When you explain to them what you did, explain why and see if they will help
you connect to your home resources without leaving the domain again.

 

[Guest]

Thank you. I appreciate the quick response. Unlike the last place I worked, I
do not have an admin password for this computer, so I am locked out for now.

Obviously this is something (as you said) that I can take to my IT people,
but I'm intrigued by the idea that I can access my home workgroup without
leaving my work domain. If you're able/willing to add to this.... I'd really
appreciate additional information on how I can access home workgroup
resources while remaining in my work domain. I'm really feeling like an idiot
right about now. It'd be great if, Tuesday morning, I at least know how to
avoid this again when I admit this silliness to my friends in IT Tuesday.

Thanks again.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Thank you. I appreciate the quick response. Unlike the last place I
worked, I do not have an admin password for this computer, so I am
locked out for now.

Obviously this is something (as you said) that I can take to my IT
people, but I'm intrigued by the idea that I can access my home
workgroup without leaving my work domain. If you're able/willing to
add to this.... I'd really appreciate additional information on how
I can access home workgroup resources while remaining in my work
domain. I'm really feeling like an idiot right about now. It'd be
great if, Tuesday morning, I at least know how to avoid this again
when I admit this silliness to my friends in IT Tuesday.

Asuming you have file/print sharing allowed on your network and through your
firewalls and simple file sharing disabled as well as users setup with
appropriate access levels and username/passwords.. It is as easy as typing
in something like:

\\192.168.1.3\sharename
or
\\192.168.1.3\printername

in the Start --> RUN box. It should then ask you for credentials - in which
you would enter said systems local username/password with access to said
shared resources.

The IP address will depend on your local area network. The sharename as
well.

There are many different ways to do that - but that is one of the more
common ways.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Thank you. I appreciate the quick response. Unlike the last place I
worked, I do not have an admin password for this computer, so I am
locked out for now.

Obviously this is something (as you said) that I can take to my IT
people, but I'm intrigued by the idea that I can access my home
workgroup without leaving my work domain. If you're able/willing to
add to this.... I'd really appreciate additional information on how
I can access home workgroup resources while remaining in my work
domain. I'm really feeling like an idiot right about now. It'd be
great if, Tuesday morning, I at least know how to avoid this again
when I admit this silliness to my friends in IT Tuesday.

In addition to my last response:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/learnmore/russel_02april08.mspx

 

[Guest]

Wow. That almost seems too simple. Or exactly as simple as it should be. And
yet I haven't run into that as a solution yet. Maybe if I had a CS degree
instead of one in English.

Thanks again.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Please help me. I have completely screwed up my work computer (oops). I was
trying to access files on my home network, so I changed the computer from my
work Domain to my home Workgroup. Well, on logon, Mr. Craptastic-Gateway
wasn't so happy. And the convenient little Domain selector-jobby disappeared.
I apologize if my language is too technical (chuckle).

Thanks bundles for any help. I'd really like to avoid admitting this level
of idiocy to the IT guys on Tuesday.

By changing the computer from the domain to a workgroup, you have
destroyed the trust between the domain and the machine. In doing so,
you have also rendered your domain login credentials as invalid. You
need to be physically connected to the domain network, you need to have
administrative privileges to the workstation, and you need to have
sufficient privileges on the domain. Then you can add the machine back
on to the domain, after having first deleted the computer's old domain
account (unless you've also renamed the computer).

Take the laptop to your company's IT department for repairs. I do
hope that your employer is of the understanding and forgiving variety.
In many companies, your employment would be summarily terminated for
altering, and thereby rendering useless, company property.

This isn't entirely your fault, though. A lot of responsibility
rests squarely upon the shoulders of the network administrator. You
see, if the laptop had been properly configured, your account would not
have had sufficient privileges to remove the computer from the domain in
the first place. Clearly, you lack the requisite knowledge to be
properly entitled to full administrative privileges on the computer, or
you would have known better than to attempt what you did. You would
also have known that removing the computer from the domain and joining
your workgroup would not be necessary in order for you to transfer files
from the your computer to the laptop.


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Bruce Chambers

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