Re: I can't Log On to Windows (w2k pro login)

From: Karl Levinson [x y] mvp (levinson_k@despammed.com)
Date: 03/30/03 

From: "Karl Levinson [x y] mvp" <levinson_k@despammed.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 08:54:58 -0500

It sounds to me like you weren't really logging in using a local account
after all. You would only have been logging in as a local account if you
manually changed the domain from the work domain to the local computer name.
If you log into a domain, that's using the domain account. Now that your
computer is disjoined from the domain, you need to know a local ID and
password, preferably for the Administrator account. [BTW disjoining from a
domain and not knowing the local admin password is a common mistake, I've
done it too.]

Read the FAQ for information on resetting the local admin password:

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

Once you learn or reset the local admin password, be sure to remember it.

"Frank" <frank01liny@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:8ilha.13570$HR6.6340@nwrdny01.gnilink.net...
> just got a new IBM Thinkpad A30 from work with W2k Pro.
>
> I did something stupid. It was originally setup to login to a work domain
> (which I didnt need for my old system to get access to work) , but since I
> was having sharing problems with the new laptop I changed the settings to
> the same Workgroup as my desktop PC that I have connected to my home lan.
> Now I can't login into my laptop anymore.
>
> I dont believe I have Administrator access for my user name, but shouldnt
I
> have login access using Computer name instead? (because even though the
> latop had been previous setup with a domain... it wasnt actually
connecting
> to the domain server. it was only a local password.) I've tried all
> combinations, but I can't get past the login screen. Is there any way I
> can change it back or login without Administrator access?
>
>
>

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