Re: Can Not get past Sign on screen WinXP

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When you remove the computer from the domain you can no longer logon to the
domain accounts. You have to logon to a local account. It sounds like all
the local accounts have passwords. Here's a web page with some suggestions
on how to change the administrator password.

http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm

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Kerry
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/



NEED HELP PLEASE wrote:
I tried that as well as just Admin with and without placing Paswd and
Password no luck not only regular boot but in Safe Mode and Command
Promt only which all asked for a password!

This has never in my years been a problem before using both a Domain
and un checking to log on regular

"Kerry Brown" wrote:

Try a user name of administrator with no password.

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Kerry
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/



NEED HELP PLEASE wrote:
AM REALLY IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE... PLEASE
We had several of our computers on an in-house Domain sign on... We
placed a New Home Built Computer to use as a back up like server for
all data to be stored.... in the Computer Name Changes area there
was a Domain name and was checked and we took it out and checked the
Workgroup and assigned it a new name Office... after re booting no
matter if in regular mode, Safe Mode or Command Prompt it keeps
asking for a Password now to log on which never was one with the
Domain sign on before!!!!!!!! HELP PLEASE is there away to get
around this to log back on the computer even if having to place the
check back into the Domain area as before????????? PLEASE RESPOND
TO ME AT REGULAR EMAIL ADDRESS ASAP mrostad@xxxxxxxxxxx
... I REALLY NEED AND APPRECIATE HELP ON THIS MATTER....


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