Re: HELP! Resetting to a domain under Windows XP

Malke:

Thank you for the tip for future use, but I think I'm still in a quandry. We
don't have an IT department at my office; we're a very small shop. How do I
rejoin the laptop to the work domain?
--
Ethan


"Malke" wrote:

> Ethan wrote:
>
> > To Anyone who can help:
> >
> > I have a laptop that was setup for a domain at work. I brought the
> > laptop home and wanted to connect to my home LAN, which is relatively
> > unsecure running on a workgroup called "workgroup". I went to "System"
> > under the control panel and then chose the "Computer Name" tab, hit
> > the "Change" button, and keyed in "Workgroup" under the workgroup tab.
> > I was asked to key-in a username and password to authorize the change,
> > so I entered my work username and password, and it was accepted. I got
> > a message saying the system would need to reboot to effect the
> > changes.
> >
> > The system rebooted, and now it won't accept any name or password
> > combination I attempt. I also tried to just leave it blank, since none
> > of the other computers on my home network require either. Nothing I
> > have tried works.
> >
> > Is there a way to change the setting back without being able to log
> > onto Windows? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks!
> >
> You just disjoined your computer from the domain and now you can't log
> in because you don't know the local administrator password. Take the
> machine to your IT Dept. and be very humble and nice to them tomorrow.
> They will rejoin your computer to the domain. There is no other way to
> do this.
>
> Then when you want to use it at home in the future, see the following:
>
> Information from MVP Lanwench:
> You don't need to change to a workgroup just to access resources on it.
> You shouldn't play with your laptop's network settings at all. Once
> you've logged in using your domain account (using cached credentials),
> and have an IP address on the home network, you can map drives, use
> printers, whatnot, very easily - one way, in a command line:
>
> net use x: \\computername\sharename /user:computername\username <enter>
>
> More:
>
> MS KB article about the Net Use command - http://tinyurl.com/3bpnj
>
> Managing One Windows XP-based Laptop for the Office and Home by MVP
> Charlie Russel
> http://tinyurl.com/cpy9q
>
> http://winhlp.com/wxdomainworkgroup.htm - MVP Hans-Georg Michna
>
> Malke
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