I changed the way a user logged on to a computer from a domain, which
it was not connecting to, to logging on to a work group. However the
users data seems to have dissapeared and despite searching all the
folders, hidden ones as well, I cannot fins this info. Is there
somewhere that this data may be hidden away.
By changing the computer from the domain to a workgroup, you've
destroyed the trust between the domain and the machine. In doing so,
you've also rendered the user's domain login credentials as invalid.
You'll need to be physically connected to the domain network, you'll
need to have administrative privileges to the workstation, and you'll
need to have sufficient privileges on the domain. Then you can add the
machine back on to the domain, after having first deleted the computer's
old domain account (unless you've also renamed the computer).
Take the computer to your company's IT department for repairs. I
do hope that your employer is of the understanding and forgiving
variety. In many companies, your employment could be summarily
terminated for altering, and thereby rendering useless, company property.
This isn't entirely your fault, though. A lot of responsibility
rests squarely upon the shoulders of the network administrator. You
see, if the computer had been properly configured, your account would
not have had sufficient privileges to remove the computer from the
domain in the first place. Clearly, you lack the requisite knowledge to
be properly entitled to full administrative privileges on the computer,
or you would have known better than to attempt what you did.
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