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

From: Keith Hedley (KeithHedley_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/31/04 

Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 18:01:02 -0700

Colin, thanks again... but until I get the admin privileges back on my
machine I can't get to my files. My problem is that when I followed the
wizard to set up a home network it somehow trashed my logon password. All I
have done is manage to set up a new account so at least I can get the PC up
and running. But because the new user account was not set up by the admin
who "owns" the PC I cannot open any of the folders/files created under my old
user name. When I graduated from the culinary academy where I received the
notebook as a part of my tuition, they should have realized this kind of
problem would crop up. I'll be on the phone to them Monday... and BTW, the
XP operating system should not have let me set up a home network without at
least a warning that changing my settings could cause something like this!

"Colin Nash [MVP]" wrote:

>
> "Keith Hedley" <KeithHedley@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9BA06BD5-9BB5-4FC4-B3AE-FF7E192DCC1E@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks for your rapid reply Colin. I was about to post a reply to my
> > first
> > message with a "never mind..." because I just found out about getting in
> > via
> > the Safe Mode. I added a new user so I at least can get logged on. But
> > as
> > it's a new account I can't get to my data until the Admin folks at the
> > school
> > I graduated from unlock it for me.
> >
>
>
> I guess you managed to get into the built-in Administrator account and the
> password was blank? Lucky break, there :) ...
>
> You can get access to your files from the C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\(name of
> your old profile) folder, by following these instructions while logged on
> with an account that is a member of the Administrators group:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421&sd=tech
>
>
> --
> Colin Nash
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Printing/Imaging/Hardware
>
>
>