WinXP login problem

you were able to login at home the first time because it was using a 'cached profile'. you won't be able to rejoing the domain until you are back on the network at work. it needs to talk to the domain controller to rejoin.

You're still SOL even if you physically connect it back up to your work network because you removed it from the domain. You need to find out what the local admin password is. That's the only way you'll get in. Ask the IT staff what they were using as local admin passwords for the laptops.

Try going into safe mode and login to the local machine name from there. Your username was associated with the domain, so you won't be able to use that, but there should be a local administrator to log in as (if you know the password).

Good luck.

WinXP uses two different types of accounts, local and domain. Since you quite the domain, you will not be able to use a domain account to access the computer, regardless of wheather you are physically connected to the domain or not. If you know the local administrator password, you can access the computer using that, however most administrators will not give that to you for security reasons. Also in the profile for your domain account, was saved all your personal configurations, and possably even data files. The best way to resolve this would be to send the computer back into the office, so they can rejoin it to the domain. They might be able to reclaim your old profile, so that you don't lose anything.