Re: Remove User from Domain, Add to Workgroup, Can't login

From: Malke (invalid_at_not-real.com)
Date: 06/02/05 

Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 06:48:13 -0700

DoubleACL wrote:

> I use a laptop which I configured so that my user account was a member
> of a
> company network domain. I'm no longer doing work for the company or
> on their network.
> I repointed my user account from the domain to the workgroup name of
> my home network.
> On restart, the sign-on does not recognize my password.
> To make matters worse, it does not recognize the administrator
> password either.
> What can I do short of re-installing Windows XP pro & losing all
> contents of my hard drive?

When you disjoined your computer from the domain, you lost the access to
the domain user account. You will need to log in with a *local*
administrator account. Then you'll be able to copy over your domain
user's data before deleting the account. If you don't know your local
administrator password and cannot get it from your former company's IT
Dept., then use NTpasswd to change the local administrator account
password to a blank.

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

Malke 

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