A computer was given to a friend that was on a company Domain. Someone tried
to switch the computer to a workgroup called "home" and because of this there
is no way to log onto the computer. Everytime it is tried with the old user
name and password it wont allow anyone to sign in and there is no usernames
setup for the "home" workgroup. How can I set this up so that you can log
onto the computer?

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"Whipsmart21" wrote:

| A computer was given to a friend that was on a company Domain. Someone tried
| to switch the computer to a workgroup called "home" and because of this there
| is no way to log onto the computer. Everytime it is tried with the old user
| name and password it wont allow anyone to sign in and there is no usernames
| setup for the "home" workgroup. How can I set this up so that you can log
| onto the computer?

Whipsmart21 wrote:
First off - why the need to remove the computer from the domain?

Most domain resources and workgroup resources are available whether or not
the system in question is a "member" of said domain or workgroup.

Secondly - of course - when you removed the computer from the domain - all
the domain logons became worthless. The machine didn't need them - it was
no longer participating in the domain. So you need a LOCAL username and
password.

Now - if this computer is never to participate in said domain again - you
really should perform a clean installation if you (or whomever) now owns
it - and not said company. There are many reasons for you to perform the
clean install - but the best one is "you have no idea what was actually left
on/done with that computer before you got it and starting clean is just
better for you."

Barring that - you need to hack the administrator username/password. You
can google for that (even google group search for it) and find links to
several applications that you can use.

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