RE: How to edit a xp workstation

From: ace (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/28/04


Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 04:44:04 -0700


>-----Original Message-----
>If you have Active Directory and the computer is part of
the domain then you can log in with any domain user
account.
>
>I don't see the problem here, unless you missed
something.
>.
>The problem is not logging onto the network with the
users account. The problem is that I don't have a admin
password to change the computer name of the local
machine. I'm trying to change the login name of a local
machine that contains a name of a person who left the
firm to a new person who would like there info at the
login signin. The only way I see to do that is to log
onto that local machine with a admin password. The thing
is how to do that without a admin password. The orignal
person who setup the network did not leave a admin
password. I was trying to avoid re imaging the machines
and having to back up data. I basically just want to make
the changes to the local machines who login names and
computer names need to reflect the new users for those
machines.



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