ctrl alt delete - Help!

[Berin]

Hi all

I just got a new work laptop, which I wanted to add to my home network workgroup.

The laptop came configured to log on via ctrl alt delete. I went into:

my computer>properties>computer name
and clicked the workgroup box which removed the computer from the domain and added it to my home workgroup.

I then restarted it and ctrl alt delete won't accept my username/password.

My home work group does not need a password and none of my home computer use ctrl alt delete logon

I've tried f5 during start up but everything comes back to the ctrl alt delete logon screen.

Any ideas?

 

[Clive]

Hi all

I just got a new work laptop, which I wanted to add to my home network workgroup.

The laptop came configured to log on via ctrl alt delete. I went into:

my computer>properties>computer name
and clicked the workgroup box which removed the computer from the domain and added it to my home workgroup.

I then restarted it and ctrl alt delete won't accept my username/password.

My home work group does not need a password and none of my home computer use ctrl alt delete logon

I've tried f5 during start up but everything comes back to the ctrl alt delete logon screen.

Any ideas?

You are basically stuffed unless you know the Account name and password of an admin account that would exist on the "local machine domain" i.e. the name of the machine. The username is probably Administrator, but that could have been changed.

Your network admin will love you when you want to use it at work again

 

[Berin]

You are basically stuffed unless you know the Account name and password of an admin account that would exist on the "local machine domain" i.e. the name of the machine. The username is probably Administrator, but that could have been changed.

Your network admin will love you when you want to use it at work again

Hmmph. thought so.

I never set a password on the local domain so I'll try administrator.

 

[Berin]

no joy. Is the "local domain" my local workgroup?

 

[Clive]

no joy. Is the "local domain" my local workgroup?

No - it is your machine name - you may not have that option on the CtrlAltDel screen - there may be an extra "domain" drop-down - you may have to click the Extra/Additional button (or whatever it is) to show the drop-down.

Edit: of course the above is bollox - you won't have this option as you have moved the machine to a workgroup.

 

[Clive]

Hmmph. thought so.

I never set a password on the local domain so I'll try administrator.

The MachineName\Administrator account would have existed before your network admin used that account (probably) to join the machine to your work domain, which would then have given you WORKDOMAIN\BERIN account to logon with.

Not sure why you removed the machine from the domain, by "joining" the workgroup, but basically you would then lose the ability to logon via WORKDOMAIN accounts and just be left with MachineName accounts - and if you dn't know what they are called or the passwords for them - you won't be able to logon.

I'm assuming it is XP Professional - do you need to access some files on it?

 

[Berin]

It is XP Pro - and I don't need to get at any files as all the data is on a NAS that I can access - I just can't get into the PC to do anything with it!

Looks like a call to my network admin who hopefully has details of the local domain password. Unfortunately he's in Germany so this may result in the Panzers moving in on Berins Hill

 

[exeter_lad]

Set Password in Computer Management ?

Had to do this after my laptop was rebuilt following blue screen of death.

Locate My Computer on Desktop (or in Windows Explorer)

Right click on My Computer and select Manage.

Click on Local Users and Groups under System Tools.

Double Click on Users.

Right click on Administrator

Select Set Password.

Read Help before going any further. If the scenarios presented do not pose a problem, select proceed and set the new Administrator password.

Have used this on others' laptops as well without problems. But as I said above, check out the help first.

Hope this helps.