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by rrcc7878

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k sorry if im not providing all the info here but ill try to put in all the good stuff...
I have a laptop that used a domain from my old work, since then i have gone on to bigger and better things, i wanted to create a home network with my other laptop and i created a workgroup called MSHOME to link the computers together... now my login screen for xp doesnt have the 3rd area where i can enter my domains information, it only has username and password area, and my password doesnt work now that im not logging into my old domain. I had all my files and folders on that user name and now i cant access them. I can log on to the administrator account but i cant find my old user domain anymore to "try" to change the password...

here are my questions....
#1 i think if i can get the (domain) box at the xp login screen again and input all the old date i think my old password will work again so my question is ( how would i get that box to reappear again?)

#2 i havent checked becuase i left my laptop at my friends house, but would system restore fix this problem?

#3 if worse came to worse is there any way i can retrieve that data from that user name and merge it with my new user name so it will be like i never left?
(i have all my settings in like outlook and tons of other software configured, it would take me atleast a week to atleast get up and running again, and i got tons of work to do before then for my job)

lol Any more info i can provide would help me sooo much, also i tried useing a password reset device but it only found the admin remote access guest and a couple other accounts that arnt the one i need

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by drivenbywhat

You took away the feature of the domain login when you changed from a domain to a workgroup. The only way to get that option back is to join a domain, which would have to be the one you were using. You're out of luck there.

You could try a system restore and see what happens. The worse that would happen would be it doesn't give you back the domain option.

Also, you can save your data but not your settings. Since you said you have the admin account, you can take ownership of your files. However, it will just be your files not any settings you had.

by oh smeg

That if you had EFS Enabled you will only get the Encrypted Files across and not the Encryption Key to unlock the files.

If you didn't have EFS in use all you need do is follow these directions for Taking Ownership of the Files

http://tinyurl.com/3aw7

OH and [b]No[/b] System Restore will do nothing to undo the current situation that you have.

Col

by rrcc7878

hmmm, that really sucks lol. Like badly lol. is there any possible way of doing this that seems reasonable and something that i could do by myself. Is there anywhere where the domain info might be stored on my computer so i could access it again, i just want soooo badly to go back to the way it was now lol. Any ideas?

by oh smeg

Other than the password the Domain Has no direct data on the HDD and this includes the Log On Process.

If you want to recreate this you need to connect it to a Domain and preferably the one that it was originally setup on and then reestablish the Domain.

Even then if you use a Different Domain and want to have it exactly the same you'll need to make the new Domain the same as the old one. In a case like this I would normally say take it to the IT Department and have then reset the system but that's not an option here.

It also will not be possible to connect it to a Workgroup at home and transfer files and share printers either. So you'll have to accept that things have changed and get on with life.

Provided that you haven't been using the EFS [i]Encrypted File System[/i] to secure your data you can transfer it to another account and still have access to it there. However if you where using EFS :( :( :( :( :( though you may be able to recover your Encryption Key buy following these directions

http://tinyurl.com/3cd8hf

I don't think that it will work as you generally need to be using the Account that EFS is associated with but it's worth a try.

Col

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