Turning off Windows Domain Logon

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Mark & Denise

I recently completed a repair on a relative's laptop that work had given
him. It needed a new part and the screen was as good as new.
As the laptop was from work, whenever Windows XP boots, it wants to logon to
the domain. They can get it into Safe Mode and reach the files, but not in
normal mode. Is there an easy way to step them through disabling the logon
to domain? I found something about deleting PWL files, but it maybe a bit
involved for them, and I'm 3 hours away.
Thank you,
Mark

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Mark & Denise said:
I recently completed a repair on a relative's laptop that work had given
him. It needed a new part and the screen was as good as new.
As the laptop was from work, whenever Windows XP boots, it wants to logon
to the domain. They can get it into Safe Mode and reach the files, but not
in normal mode. Is there an easy way to step them through disabling the
logon to domain? I found something about deleting PWL files, but it maybe
a bit involved for them, and I'm 3 hours away.
Thank you,
Mark
Click to expand...
Try going to control panel then double click on the system icon. Click on
the computer name tag then the Change button at the bottom. Change from
Member of Domain to Member of Workgroup
 
Next... If the username they are using is a domain username then they will
have to create a local account. Then they can copy the files (if there are
any) from the domain account to the local account. After all is said and
done and the username and files are squared away:


To log into your account automatically, you need to set your operating
system not to ask you for your username and password. You can do this by:

1. Go to Start/Run
2. Type 'control userpasswords2'.
3. From "Users" Tab, Uncheck "Users must enter .."
4. A dialog will allow setting a user and password to be used automatically.
Enter the account name and password which you would like to automatically
log into.
 
Next... If the username they are using is a domain username then they
will have to create a local account. Then they can copy the files (if
there are any) from the domain account to the local account. After all
is said and done and the username and files are squared away:


To log into your account automatically, you need to set your operating
system not to ask you for your username and password. You can do this
by:

1. Go to Start/Run
2. Type 'control userpasswords2'.
3. From "Users" Tab, Uncheck "Users must enter .."
4. A dialog will allow setting a user and password to be used
automatically. Enter the account name and password which you would
like to automatically log into.
Click to expand...

Why wouldn't the person just go to the Start Button/My Computer and right-
click/Properties/Computer Name tab/Change button and change from Member of
Domain to Workgroup and then the machine wouldn't be trying to logon to a
Domain? I think that may be what the OP is looking for is to not have the
machine logging on to a Domain when there is no Domain Controller.

Duane :)
 
| |
| > Next... If the username they are using is a domain username then they
| > will have to create a local account. Then they can copy the files (if
| > there are any) from the domain account to the local account. After all
| > is said and done and the username and files are squared away:
| >
| >
| > To log into your account automatically, you need to set your operating
| > system not to ask you for your username and password. You can do this
| > by:
| >
| > 1. Go to Start/Run
| > 2. Type 'control userpasswords2'.
| > 3. From "Users" Tab, Uncheck "Users must enter .."
| > 4. A dialog will allow setting a user and password to be used
| > automatically. Enter the account name and password which you would
| > like to automatically log into.
| >
|
| Why wouldn't the person just go to the Start Button/My Computer and right-
| click/Properties/Computer Name tab/Change button and change from Member of
| Domain to Workgroup and then the machine wouldn't be trying to logon to a
| Domain? I think that may be what the OP is looking for is to not have the
| machine logging on to a Domain when there is no Domain Controller.
|
Which, of course, is probably impossible <g>!

But really, what he said was "create a local account" instead of trying to
login to the existing domain account. Whether that would work or not, I
don't know. Maybe booting in as admin in safe mode would allow access to
user accounts? I have only set up one W2K server, with only 3 users (payroll
department - custom software - doesn't run on Novell...grrrrr!) and most of
my experience is XP Home, not W2K or XP Pro (although I use it at work, but
I don't get to 'play' much there...)
 
Well if you take a computer off the domain and they were still using their
domain username there is a problem. You wil have to log onto the computer
using the administrator login to log on locally (unless there are already
local accounts established). It is not as easy as taking a computer off the
domain and voila everything is copasetic. And it is not that hard as well.
 
Well if you take a computer off the domain and they were still using
their domain username there is a problem. You wil have to log onto the
computer using the administrator login to log on locally (unless there
are already local accounts established). It is not as easy as taking a
computer off the domain and voila everything is copasetic. And it is
not that hard as well.
Click to expand...

I brought my work laptop home one day and my Domain account being Admin
Local on the machine I switched from member of Domain to Workgroup to join
my LAN. Needless to say when I took the machine back to work and tried to
switch the machine back to Member of the Domain, I couldn't do it. It took
someone with Domain Admin rights. I had to make that call to Tech. Support.
However, it seems that I was not the only programmer who did that.

I booted one of my XP Pro machine in Safemode and logged in with Admin
rights local, the Member of Domain or Wrokgroup is locked out.

Duane :)
 
Try going to control panel then double click on the system icon. Click on
the computer name tag then the Change button at the bottom. Change from
Member of Domain to Member of Workgroup
Click to expand...

Be sure there is a local machine account or the user knows the
administrator password.



Butterfield
 
Unless the work folks have turned logon caching off in their group policy,
they should be able to logon using the domain account even though they
aren't connected to the domain.
 
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