Sudden XP Logon problem

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Judson P. Cuttino MD

I tried to change from a "business computer on a business network" to a
"home computer not on a network" on the "Network ID Wizard" screen. After
reboot, no passwords work to get me in Win XP pro. Safe mode doesn't let me
on as administrator as no or previous passwords work. Any ideas on how to
undo this change?
 
Judson said:
I tried to change from a "business computer on a business network" to
a "home computer not on a network" on the "Network ID Wizard" screen.
After reboot, no passwords work to get me in Win XP pro. Safe mode
doesn't let me on as administrator as no or previous passwords work.
Any ideas on how to undo this change?
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The only way you can log in right now is by using the local admin account &
password - but even this will not 'restore' anything or give you access to
your old domain profile. You need to bring your laptop back to work and ask
the domain admin to rejoin it to the domain. He or she will need to know the
local admin credentials on the laptop.

Note - you don't need to change to a workgroup just to access resources on
it. You shouldn't play with your laptop's network settings at all. Once
you've logged in using your domain account (using cached credentials), and
have an IP address on the home network, you can map drives, use printers,
whatnot, very easily - one way, in a command line:

net use x: \\computername\sharename /user:computername\username <enter>
 
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