RE: XP Pro Logon
From: renoch (renochNO_at_SPAMpegasusbb.com)
Date: 09/12/05
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Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 15:35:01 -0700
I read your message and it made the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
What Shenan and Bruce were explaining in correct technical language is "You
are screwed!"
About four months ago when I was first setting up home wireless network for
three home computers, I brougt my loptop from work home to see if I could
access it on my network. It was not showing up and I thought it might be
because the Workgroup here was not the same as the company domain name. So I
changed the domain name thinking I would just change it back if it did not
work. So I changed it and rebooted. That was the last time I could log on
to that laptop by that username.
Naturally, I did not have the company Admin password. I had also just left
for 2 weeks vacation and did not want to return the laptop the following
monday to be repaired. I finally found some downloadable software that
allowed me to change the Admin password to one of my choosing and boot up as
the Administrator. Which I did and changed the domain name back. My
original user account could still not be accessed by its original password.
I ended up setting up a new user account and was able to transfer my
documents from the old user account to the new user account while logged on
as Administrator.
It was a very time consuming and painful experience for me. From that I
learned: NEVER, EVER CHANGE THE DOMAIN NAME of a computer. The result is a
bit like hitting a brick wall at 60 MPH.
If it is a company computer, just sheepishly return it to the IT dept, tell
them what you did, and hope they can return it to you sometime soon.
You have my sympathy, ...from someone who recently made the same dumb mistake.
Also, now after setting the "shares" on that company laptop, I can see it
just fine on my home network. It shows up with its original company domain
name and I can access the files across my network just fine.
regards and good luck,
-- renoch "Geoff" wrote: > I joined a new domain on my HOME network and after rebooting the computer, I > cannot log on to Windows. It asks if I have the correct user name and domain > and asks me to type in the password. I am using my old username/password > from the old domain. > Am I missing something here?? > > >
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