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Turning off Windows Domain Logon
"Duane Arnold" wrote in message . .. | "Phil" wrote in | news | | Next... If the username they are using is a domain username then they | will have to create a local account. Then they can copy the files (if | there are any) from the domain account to the local account. After all | is said and done and the username and files are squared away: | | | To log into your account automatically, you need to set your operating | system not to ask you for your username and password. You can do this | by: | | 1. Go to Start/Run | 2. Type 'control userpasswords2'. | 3. From "Users" Tab, Uncheck "Users must enter .." | 4. A dialog will allow setting a user and password to be used | automatically. Enter the account name and password which you would | like to automatically log into. | | | Why wouldn't the person just go to the Start Button/My Computer and right- | click/Properties/Computer Name tab/Change button and change from Member of | Domain to Workgroup and then the machine wouldn't be trying to logon to a | Domain? I think that may be what the OP is looking for is to not have the | machine logging on to a Domain when there is no Domain Controller. | Which, of course, is probably impossible g! But really, what he said was "create a local account" instead of trying to login to the existing domain account. Whether that would work or not, I don't know. Maybe booting in as admin in safe mode would allow access to user accounts? I have only set up one W2K server, with only 3 users (payroll department - custom software - doesn't run on Novell...grrrrr!) and most of my experience is XP Home, not W2K or XP Pro (although I use it at work, but I don't get to 'play' much there...) |
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Well if you take a computer off the domain and they were still using their
domain username there is a problem. You wil have to log onto the computer using the administrator login to log on locally (unless there are already local accounts established). It is not as easy as taking a computer off the domain and voila everything is copasetic. And it is not that hard as well. "Duane Arnold" wrote in message . .. "Phil" wrote in news Next... If the username they are using is a domain username then they will have to create a local account. Then they can copy the files (if there are any) from the domain account to the local account. After all is said and done and the username and files are squared away: To log into your account automatically, you need to set your operating system not to ask you for your username and password. You can do this by: 1. Go to Start/Run 2. Type 'control userpasswords2'. 3. From "Users" Tab, Uncheck "Users must enter .." 4. A dialog will allow setting a user and password to be used automatically. Enter the account name and password which you would like to automatically log into. Why wouldn't the person just go to the Start Button/My Computer and right- click/Properties/Computer Name tab/Change button and change from Member of Domain to Workgroup and then the machine wouldn't be trying to logon to a Domain? I think that may be what the OP is looking for is to not have the machine logging on to a Domain when there is no Domain Controller. Duane |
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"Phil" wrote in
: Well if you take a computer off the domain and they were still using their domain username there is a problem. You wil have to log onto the computer using the administrator login to log on locally (unless there are already local accounts established). It is not as easy as taking a computer off the domain and voila everything is copasetic. And it is not that hard as well. I brought my work laptop home one day and my Domain account being Admin Local on the machine I switched from member of Domain to Workgroup to join my LAN. Needless to say when I took the machine back to work and tried to switch the machine back to Member of the Domain, I couldn't do it. It took someone with Domain Admin rights. I had to make that call to Tech. Support. However, it seems that I was not the only programmer who did that. I booted one of my XP Pro machine in Safemode and logged in with Admin rights local, the Member of Domain or Wrokgroup is locked out. Duane |
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