Re: HELP can't logon to my computer

From: Jill (Jill_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/29/05 

Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 19:41:03 -0700

yes it is my computer but i did not set it up personally... i got the lap top
from my college and they set it up under the domain "mustang"...i changed the
domain in trying to connect it to my mom's pc..my user name and password for
the domain "mustang" was jmb004/jillmarie...and the school set up the
domain...also when the logon box appears the user name jmb004 appears...i've
tried administrator with a blank password and jmb004 with a blank password as
well as the old and nothing works... 

-- 
Jill
"Shenan Stanley" wrote:
> Jill wrote:
> > I need help fast...i can't logon to my computer, im using windows XP
> > professional... i was trying to create a workgroup and it said i
> > belonged to a domain already and it had to be changed before i could
> > create the workgroup...so i change my domain to workgroup and then
> > restarted like it said...however now i can't logon to my
> > computer...no user name or password that i can think of will work..i
> > need to know of a way i can get around the logon so i can access my
> > files..please help!
> 
> Your computer was in a domain...
> You removed it from this domain, so the domain username/passwords you once 
> used no longer work.
> 
> You must use a LOCAL account on the machine - there had to have been at 
> least ONE before the machine could have been joined to the domain in 
> question.  That is the username/password you must use now that you removed 
> it from whatever domain it was a member of.
> 
> - Is this your computer or a company computer?
> - Why were you trying to "create a workgroup"?
>   (normally unnecessary - just 'makes things searchable' in an easier way.)
> - Assuming the answer to the first question is "Your Computer", did you set 
> this machine up?  What was the username/password you used?  Have you tried 
> "Administrator" with no password at all?
> - Who joined it to the domain originally... They know the username/password 
> (or did) of the local account - unless you/they/others changed it.
> 
> Try here:
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/lostpass.htm
> 
> And if worse comes to worse:
> 
> Hack your password:
> http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html
> 
> Another Password Hack:
> http://www.thomasmathiesen.com/itak/html/software.html
> 
> -- 
> Shenan Stanley
>      MS-MVP
> -- 
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html 
> 
> 
>

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