Re: Help- how to logon without password???

From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 09/09/04 

Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 19:38:26 -0700

Dan wrote:

> windows XP pro, changed from domain to workgroup using
> wizard.. after a reset when i ctrl-alt-del to logon my user
> name and password doesn't work.
> any thoughts??

Did you create a local (workgroup) user before you got rid of the
domain? Of course your domain username and password won't work - you
aren't logging into that domain account any more. Try logging in as
Administrator on the local machine.

Malke 

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