Re: Still trying to remove W2K PC from NT4 Domain...

OK...taken your advice and removed my old NT4 box and all seems to be
working very well...THANK YOU for your time, advice and above all else your
patience! :-)

The noise decrease alone was worth it - the old Dual Pentium Pro with 9 hard
disks & 6 fans in total.

I still have one question though if I may <ducking> when I right-click the
My Computer icon and select Properties/Network Identification it still shows
as Domain and the Domain name.

Shouldn't this reflect the fact that it is now not on a domain?

Should I change this back to Workgroup?

The reason I ask is I still have a Quantum SnapServer attached to the switch
(which I can access but that also is set for Windows Domain Security) and I
want to install a Lacie Ethernet disk which comes preconfigured for use in a
Workgroup so it might make things easier, more straightforward and correct?

Thanks & regards,
-=Glyn=-



"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Pheasant Plucker®" <pheasant@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Are you a Saint?

Far from it.

You have the patience of one ;^)

Nope.

Saint Pegasus...has a ring to it don't you think?

The winged horse.

OK...have now created a new user account from the DOS prompt and all
seems
OK.

I wonder why I was unable to do that from Control Panel?

Don't know. Either you did not do it right or else there is
some corruption there.

Just to be absolutely sure on this one as I don't wish to hound you any
more
than necessary(!) but I now need to replace any occurrence of the newly
created user (Pheasant) with that of Administrator?

Why? Log on as Pheasant, change the password of
Administrator, then log on as Administrator.

There is nothing under ProfileList directly but there a couple of
entries
looking like S-1-5-21-loads of numbers where one of the strings is
ProfileImagePath which reads %SystemDrive%\Documents and
Settings\Administrator so I guess this where it needs to be modified?

Yes.

I guess at this stage now I have a new user created I could in fact
logon
as
neither Pheasant or Administrator (Domain) and logon as the local
Administrator and just copy the entire contents of Administrator
(Domain)
to
Pheasant?

Yes.

Would that also work?

Just trying to understand how it all ties together...

Thanks again Pegasus - your help is much appreciated.

You're welcome.

Kind regards,
-=pp=-


"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Pheasant Plucker®" <pheasant@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks again for the quick reply Pegasus!

I'm afraid you're going to have to be patient with me - I must be a
complete
doofus...

And this is a simple way <ducking>

1. Even I can do this one! ;^)

In 2. & 4. below you quote;
"Type this command in a Command Prompt and make a
of the output. Let's call it "X".

What exactly does "make a of the output" mean?

I guess you mean make a note of the output?

Yes. The verb got lost in cyberspace.

In my example on the HOME domain this will be C:\Documents and
Settings\Administrator
When I log on locally it changes to Administrator.ABIT

3. I am unable to log on locally under my preferred account name as
it
recognises nothing but Administrator.
I can't add/create a new user from Control Panel/Users and Paswords
either
:-(

Create a user from the Prompt while logged on as domain admin:
net user Pheasant /add
net localgroup administrators Pheasant /add

You did reply to me last time...I'm not usually this stupid and I
appreciate
your patience ;^)

You're welcome.

Kind regards,
-=pp=-


"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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There are several ways of doing this. Here is a simple one:
1. Log on to the domain under your normal account.
2. Type this command in a Command Prompt and make a
of the output. Let's call it "X".
set userprofile
3. Log on locally under the preferred account name.
4. Type this command in a Command Prompt and make a
of the output. Let's call it "Y".
set userprofile
5. Run regedit.
6. Navigate to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList:
7. Change every occurrence of Y to X.
8. Reboot, then repeat Step 3.

You should now have your preferred domain profile while
logged on locally. Time to take the machine off the domain!















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