can't log on

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Schaefer

I recently added my Windows 2000 Prof. laptop to my home
network. I could access the internet just fine, but could
not perform file sharing.

To get file sharing, I followed instructions on the
Linksys website. This included changing the domain
setting (which had been configured for my network at the
office) to a workgroup setting. When I restarted my
laptop, I could not log on with my username and password.

Now I'm locked out of my laptop, and have no idea of a
good workaround. Please help!
 
In item Schaefer says...
I recently added my Windows 2000 Prof. laptop to my home
network. I could access the internet just fine, but could
not perform file sharing.

To get file sharing, I followed instructions on the
Linksys website. This included changing the domain
setting (which had been configured for my network at the
office) to a workgroup setting. When I restarted my
laptop, I could not log on with my username and password.

Now I'm locked out of my laptop, and have no idea of a
good workaround. Please help!
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You will need to call your System Administrator to help you in this
situation. Your account is no longer valid on the computer. If you know a
local account you may be able to log in but you may have restricted
privledges. You might get in with the username of administrator and a blank
password but it is doubtful.

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Michael Holzemer
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Mmh . . . default admin account with a blank password.
This would be a lousy administrator who sets his admin
password to a blank.
 
Thanks. I've tried the username Adminstrator with no
password, no luck.

I don't understand why my previous username and password
aren't recognized... Before this problem, that
username/password worked regardless of whether or not I
was connected to my network at the office... Doesn't this
mean it was a local account, too? And if that's the case,
why would my System Adminstrator be able to access it any
better?

Thanks.
 
Michael Holzemer gave you the correct answer: You never
had a local account, only a domain account. By deregistering
your machine from the domain, you lost the ability to use the
domain account. As Michael said, you have to ask your
administrator to re-register your machine on the domain, or
to give you a local account/password. Why would he be
able to access the machine? Because, in his capacity as
an administrator, he knows the password(s) for the local
admin account(s).
 
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