"Log on to" option missing after pressing Ctl-Alt-Del

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Greetings,

Recently I accidently changed the domain of a computer at work to
"workgroup" and now I cannot log in at all because it says the user does not
exist on the domain. But I cannot change the domain now because if you press
the options button the "log on to:" is no longer an option. Is there anyway
I can still log onto the computer?

Thanks,
dkcool
 
dkcool said:
Recently I accidently changed the domain of a computer at work to
"workgroup" and now I cannot log in at all because it says the user
does not exist on the domain. But I cannot change the domain now
because if you press the options button the "log on to:" is no longer
an option. Is there anyway I can still log onto the computer?
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That's a difficult "accident" to manage. As many clicks and questions and
requested usernames/passwords as it takes - you had to make a series of
these accidents.

In any case - you need a local username/password in order to logon now.
Likely the only local accounts that ever existed on that domain machine
were/are administrators. Know any of them?
 
Uh, if you removed it from the domain, there is no way to log onto the
machine with a domain account. It has no knowledge of the domain.

If there are local machine accounts that you know the passwords to, you can
use them and possibly, if you have appropriate credentials on the machine
and the domain, you can re-join it.

David.
 
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