Re: Domain changed - locked out

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 09/13/04


Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 04:39:39 -0700

thanks.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>Once you remove computer from domain, you can only use
local computer
>accounts ("computer doesn't trust domain any more").
There are few accounts
>that are created when you install Windows. One of them
is Administrator and
>another would be Guest account. If you know local
administrator password,
>you can logon (enter Administrator for username and its
password in password
>window). If you don't know the password, you will have
to take computer to
>your domain administrator who should know the local
administrator password
>and will be able to add computer back to domain.
>
>Note that you don't have to remove computer from domain
to participate in
>Workgroup network. You can access shares and printer by
e.g. \\server\share
>or \\192.168.0.1\share where 192.168.0.1 is IP of your
server. Same can be
>applied to printers.
>
>Mike
>
>"Locksley" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message
>news:0fcb01c4993f$be2aec90$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>> I need some help with some self-induded trouble. I
was
>> trying to connect my work laptop to my home PC (I was
>> doing this using my home network so the laptop was not
>> connected to it's normal network).
>> As part of that effort I changed the domain of my
>> laptop to be the same as the home network(I was a bit
>> desperate at the tome and I had tried everything else).
>> It said it would only be effective after a restart and
so
>> I restarted only to find that when I did CTRL-ALT-DEL I
>> lost any ability to choose the domain to enter my
>> password agains. I assume it is trying my password
>> against the new domain but I did not get any prompt to
>> create one before I changed the domain.
>> To me it seems I have locked myself out forever! Is
>> there any way to choose the domain that the PC logs
into?
>> I must be missing something since it cannot be that
easy
>> to lock myself out!
>>
>> /thanks.
>
>
>.
>



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