Re: Domain Changed (HELP Please!!)

From: Bruce Chambers (bruce_a_chambers_at_h0tmail.com)
Date: 03/13/05 

Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 09:39:18 -0700

Derek wrote:
> I have a Dell laptop and it was setup to login to an active directory system
> with the company. I am on the road and was trying to connect to a wireless
> network at the hotel. I could not do this so I tried to change the domain
> group from "Member of Domain" to "Workgroup". I rebooted and now I cannot
> login under my normal username and password. I cannot get past the windows
> logon screen. Is there any way to logon to the computer as my previously
> named account? or is there a way to restore the member of domain instead of
> the workgroup logon?
> Please Help.
> Derek

        By changing the computer from the domain to a workgroup, you have
destroyed the trust between the domain and the machine. In doing so,
you have also rendered any domain login credentials as invalid.

     Naturally, any local account you then create won't have access to
the data files belonging to a domain account.

     You need to be physically connected to the domain network, you need
to have administrative privileges to the workstation, and you need to
have administrative 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). 

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