Re: Log in to Domains/workgroup

From: Haim (kaborka20nospam@hotmail.com)
Date: 08/12/02 

From: "Haim" <kaborka20nospam@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 17:00:16 +0200

you removed the win2k from the domain,
if you are not the administrator of that domain you need to ask him to add
the computer back to the domain.
meanwhile you can logon only to local acount (that why there is no option in
the login screen to select a domain)
try to login as administrator.

"Laurent" <laurent.chen@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:0db501c24203$7400f4b0$36ef2ecf@tkmsftngxa12...
> Hi There,
>
> I have set up a workgroup at home for our private
> computers to share resources. I undertook to modify my
> wife's laptop (w2k pro) from work to access the network as
> well by making it "member of a workgroup". I had to
> restart the laptop for the new settings to take effect.
>
> Alas now I cannot log in on w2k by using her normal domain
> username/password to access the workgroup and I was never
> asked to change the password, furthermore I am not
> prompted to choose to which domain/workgroup I want to
> connect to.
>
> Can someone help please? And is there a magic combination
> of keys to make the selection of domains appear again on
> the start promt?
>
> Many many thanks
>
> Laurent
>
>

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