Can't Log In to Windows after adding Laptop to a Workgroup

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I added a work laptop to a home workgroup. Before this I was logging onto my computer under a domain called company.com, but now this option is no longer available and I can't log in. My best guess is that the domain has now been set to this workgroup and so my company.com username and password is not valid for this workgroup. Therefore I can't log onto Windows. But Windows never prompted me for a username and password for this user on the workgroup, so I don't know what is a valid username and password.

Here's what I did:

On the Desktop Double Click “My Network Placesâ€
On the left side of the Window Click “Network and Dial Up Connectionsâ€
On the left side of the Window Click “Network Identificationâ€

(Now Here I should have clicked “Network ID†to use the Wizard.)
Instead Click “Propertiesâ€
Under Member Of Select “Workgroup†and enter MSHOME.

Does anyone know hot to re-set the domain back to company.com WITHOUT being able to log into Windows?
 
You will have to ask your network administrator at work
to re-register your machine on the domain, and to give
you a local account/password. Until he does, you're
locked out.


Ashley said:
I added a work laptop to a home workgroup. Before this I was logging onto
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my computer under a domain called company.com, but now this option is no
longer available and I can't log in. My best guess is that the domain has
now been set to this workgroup and so my company.com username and password
is not valid for this workgroup. Therefore I can't log onto Windows. But
Windows never prompted me for a username and password for this user on the
workgroup, so I don't know what is a valid username and password.
Here's what I did:

On the Desktop Double Click "My Network Places"
On the left side of the Window Click "Network and Dial Up Connections"
On the left side of the Window Click "Network Identification"

(Now Here I should have clicked "Network ID" to use the Wizard.)
Instead Click "Properties"
Under Member Of Select "Workgroup" and enter MSHOME.

Does anyone know hot to re-set the domain back to company.com WITHOUT
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being able to log into Windows?
 
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