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OzDangerous

I set up a workgroup on my laptop called 'Home'. The dialogue box asked me
to name the laptop and I called it Jerrys-laptop. The dialogue box continued
to add the domain 'corp' to the laptop name.

I was asked if I wanted to delete the user, me from the domain and I said
yes, I was asked what authority I had to delete the user and I typed my user
name and password as I have admin privleges.

The dialogue box said that I would have to reboot for the changes to take
effect which I did.

Now I cannot log in either on my account or on the admin account. I am
locked out.

Any suggestions?
 
OzDangerous said:
I set up a workgroup on my laptop called 'Home'. The dialogue box
asked me to name the laptop and I called it Jerrys-laptop. The
dialogue box continued to add the domain 'corp' to the laptop name.

I was asked if I wanted to delete the user, me from the domain and
I said yes, I was asked what authority I had to delete the user and
I typed my user name and password as I have admin privleges.

The dialogue box said that I would have to reboot for the changes
to take effect which I did.

Now I cannot log in either on my account or on the admin account.
I am locked out.

Any suggestions?
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What you have just described doing is removing a system from a domain and
putting it in a workgroup. You were obviously using a domain-based account.
That account is no longer valid (although its files are likely still on the
system.)

Now - what you should do is take your computer back to your technical people
at work/where they support it and tell them two things:

1) Please log in as a local administrative user and join this system back to
the proper domain.
2) Please remove my administrative rights so this does not happen again.
 
Shenan

Thank you for your reply.

Unfortunately I do not have access to assistance at work as I was laid off
some months ago. My laptop was part of the severance.

I have tried to log in as admin as I have the admin name and password and am
having no luck there either.

Do I need to preface or use the newly established workgroup name to be able
to log in as admin? For instance admin\Home? Or do I need to use the old
domain name in some manner?

Yes, and I realize what I did was dumb and I am dangerous and should not
play with loaded guns.

Thank you again for your assistance.
 
OzDangerous said:
Shenan

Thank you for your reply.

Unfortunately I do not have access to assistance at work as I was
laid off some months ago. My laptop was part of the severance.

I have tried to log in as admin as I have the admin name and
password and am having no luck there either.

Do I need to preface or use the newly established workgroup name to
be able to log in as admin? For instance admin\Home? Or do I need
to use the old domain name in some manner?

Yes, and I realize what I did was dumb and I am dangerous and
should not play with loaded guns.
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If the local username/password you have is not working (workgroups do not
really have users - your computer being a member of a workgroup is no
different than being stand alone) - then it is incorrect.in

You will *not* be able to logon as your old account again - period. The
files are likely still there (C:\Documents and Settings\<username>) and you
could copy the desktop/favorites/my documents stuff to a new profile.

If you need to get into the machine to create these new accounts, hack the
local administrator account/blank the password and logon.

Lost Password:
http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm
and/or
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

Then create your new accounts and copy the old stuff. You may need to 'take
ownership' of the old files/folders in order to copy them.

How to Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

Read *carefully* - do not just skim the page and start following steps.
There is important information there dependent on the version of Windows XP
 
Peter

I have been off work for some months. When I was employed the laptop
connected to the server when I was in the office but worked standalone when I
traveled.

The laptop was not connected to a server when I made the changes in my
original post.

I hope I have answered your question.
 
Shenan

I purchased PowerSuite 2009 from Spotmau. I was able to set my admin
password to blank and gain access to my laptop.

I set up a new profile as you suggested.

I have copied a shortcut into My Documents that gives me access to the files
in my old profile.

One problem I have is that I cannot access my contacts folder in Outlook
even though I can access my email, PST file.

Should I start another thread to address this issue?

Thanks again for your help.
 
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