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by mobile_mark

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I need help, hopefully this is not too serious. I had a friends laptop which was set up with domain X, .user name zzp, no workgroup. I installed Network Magic (which should be irrelevant to the problem) and I wanted to add this computer (to share files, specifically) with other computers in a workgroup called Q_OFFICE_Group. I changed this laptop's workgroup (which was previously empty)in the Computer Name tab of the System Property page to Q_OFFICE_Group. This caused the domain name to become greyed out and the WG name was added. when I restarted the computer, I logged in with the regular username (zzp) and password.... it says login failed. What's happening? What should I do to correctly login. It must have somethng to do with the domain name and username. Help!!! Thanks!

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by seanferd

If it is the domain login, and the domain is not available, the login will fail. If the option is there, you need to login locally.

by mobile_mark

previously there was an option for the domain in the login box. Now there is only name and password. As far as I know there was no other password set. It could be the "default" u/n and p/w but I don't know what that would be. Does XPpro have a default login? If it is the domain login, how do I log in now that there is no option to enter the domain in the login box? Thanks.

by detroitreds

When you remove a computer from a domain, it removes the dialog box that selects from domain or workgroup (because the only option at that point is workgroup). When you log in with a domain user account, it caches (saves) that profile locally on the computer. So in the event that the domain cannot be contacted, you can used the cached password to log in still. In your case, the cached profile is irrelevant because the computer wants to automatically log in with the workgroup name. So the only options you have is either knowing the local administrator password or any account locally created. There are no default usernames and passwords, unless one was set (otherwise, it would defeat the purpose of having an OS that prevents unauthorized people from login on),

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