Re: Changed from corporate workgroup to home net, now cannot logon

From: Colin Nash [MVP] (x_at_x)
Date: 10/30/04 

Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 16:42:30 -0400

"Keith Hedley" <KeithHedley@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:000BB55E-B0D2-4028-B939-34A07061C626@microsoft.com...
>I changed an XPP notebook from a corporate workgroup setup to a home based
> network I am now unable to logon at startup. The wizard that popped up
> when
> I was trying to find out how to add a workgroup for my home net simply
> asked
> if I wanted to set up either that or a coporate workgroup. After
> selecting
> home based, the wizard came back with the restart to take effect message,
> which I did. It never asked for a workgroup name or anything else. Now,
> at
> startup, I'm faced with a logon prompt that shows the corporate logon
> name,
> but will not accept the old password. Is there a default home network
> name
> and/or password that might work here?
> --
> Keith Hedley

There is a local account called Administrator, but its likely that only your
work's network admin/IT department knows the password. Your domain account
is no longer valid on the computer, because you removed it from the domain.

You'll need to take it to your network admin/IT. 

-- 
Colin Nash
Microsoft MVP
Windows Printing/Imaging/Hardware

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