Re: cannot logon to win2000

From: Karl Levinson [x y] mvp (jamescagney90210@excite.com)
Date: 12/25/02 

From: "Karl Levinson [x y] mvp" <jamescagney90210@excite.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2002 11:02:39 -0500

Yes, switching from domain to workgroup means you now need to know a local
login ID and password on the local computer in order to get in. There are
some free password reset disks at the URL below, however your IT support
people might be furious if they find out you used one of these. I'll leave
it up to you.

http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#password

"neo [mvp outlook]" <neo@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:uhIvHxxqCHA.2296@TK2MSFTNGP09...
> If you do not know what the local administrator account user id/password
> combination is, you are going to have to wait until the IT support returns
> since putting the laptop back into workgroup mode disabled your domain
user
> id/password.
>
> "Jen" <jsysko@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:047001c2ab11$dd6ee020$d4f82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA11...
> > I was trying to hook up my work laptop to my parents cable
> > modem during vacation. My sis had me turn off dhcp and
> > set static ip, gateway,subnet and reboot - still didn't
> > work - had me use a work group rather than the domain used
> > for my work... Then reboot, now I only have user name and
> > password fields (no domain or local PC access) and no
> > matter what I try, connected to network or not, it gives
> > me invalid name/password check caps lock etc.? I can't do
> > anything and my company's IT support is off for the
> > holiday, but I need my PC... Can anyone help?
>
> 

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