No ....... I can get to the login screen using RDP, but the credentials are not recognised.........
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I have just installed a new desktop at home running XP Home. I set up the home network and added the workgroup MSHOME. One of the maion reasons for this is that I wanted to use the printer etc from my laptop over the wireless network. The laptop is running XP Professional.
the laptop is a member of another domain. But I was logging in locally using my domain username and password (chose it from the drop-down in Options at login screen). Anyway I went to System and changed the settings to join the MSHOME workgroup. I got a nice welcome message (!) and was aksed to provide credentials for an user that could chane the settings for MSHOME (or something like that anyways !). I entered a adm1n/adm1n combo and restarted when prompted. Disaster !!!!!!!!!! At the login screen I now do not get the option of choosing what I want to log in to. And the username I entered (adm1n) does nto work. Even my domain credentials can't get me in. What is more, I do not know the admin account details, although my profile is a Admin profile............
Could someone help me out ? Please ?!?!!! Is there any way of getting in so that I can put everything back to the way it was ???
In anticipation.....
JAJ
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jajjones,
read this;
http://support.microsoft.c
Does this apply?
http://support.microsoft.c
:-) THerein lies a story !
I was gven the laptop in lieu of a bonus when I left a company. I have tried calling the IT manager there but he has been in meetings all morning. WHat I have found out this morning is that there is a device on the market that you plug your hard drive into and then pluug that into an USB port of another PC and it sees it as a removable media.......need to get my hands on one of those !!!!!
Pretty annoyed really......with myself. Never fix what is not broken :-)
Hi, when you leave a domain in windows XP, XP try to remove (destroy) the computer account in the domain. This is why you have a popup credentials. You need account operator privileges on the Domain to destroy a computer account.
Since you computer isn't in the domain anymore, your domain account will be of no use. You'll need the local administrator account to log-in.
You can always use ERD commander if you have it.
hope this helps
Jeff
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by: tim_quiPosted on 2005-10-13 at 14:43:59ID: 15081581
Can login as user with Admin priviliges through the desktop?