RE: How to disconnect from the domain

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What happens if you just enter junk into the username/password prompt (ie
just enter username as administrator and password as password)? The username
and password prompt should only be used for deleting the computer account
from active directory in the domain, and shouldn't prevent you from joining a
workgroup.

"Frank Rizzo" wrote:

I got a laptop from a company that went belly up. It was connected to
their domain, but I created a local admin account and everything was
good. However, they have some crazy password setting policies. So when I
created local accounts for my kids, the password policies are a problem.

I tried to disconnect from the domain, but it wants a userid/password
that has the authority to disconnect the computer from the domain. Given
that the company is history, I can't find anyone that has this
userid/password.

Attempts to go into Local Security Policy (secpol.msc) and change things
there have failed since everything is grayed out and I can't change
anything.

So, short of reinstalling Windows, how can I disconnect my laptop from
the domain?

.

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