Administrator Account Disabled after joining Workgroup

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LWoodyiii

Hi,
I started a workgroup on a Windows XP machine and then joined my Win
2000 machine to the workgroup. They are connected by a router and I
was hoping to create a peer-to-peer network. When I rebooted the Win
2000 machine, I was not able to login to the machine with the
administrator account. I don't have any other accounts on the win
2000 machine. I destroyed the workgroup through the XP machine, but
still can't login on the 2000 machine. Any suggestions or advice?
Thanks a bunch,
Woody
 
I am a little confused. By default, the machine is in a workgroup unless
you specifically join a domain. Even if you change workgroups, the
administrator account password does not change. Workgroups don't have a
central user list like a domain so all accounts are machine specific. Even
if you change the machine name and the workgroup name all account rights and
passwords stay the same.
 
LWoodyiii said:
Hi,
I started a workgroup on a Windows XP machine and then joined my Win
2000 machine to the workgroup. They are connected by a router and I
was hoping to create a peer-to-peer network. When I rebooted the Win
2000 machine, I was not able to login to the machine with the
administrator account. I don't have any other accounts on the win
2000 machine. I destroyed the workgroup through the XP machine, but
still can't login on the 2000 machine. Any suggestions or advice?
Thanks a bunch,
Woody
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If you de-registered your machine from an NT domain then
you have two choices to get back in again:
- Ask your network adminstrator to re-register you, or
- Ask him/her for a local account name / password.
 
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