Locked myself out of my laptop...(WinXP Domain login)

Springbok · Jul 21, 2007

By switching from Domain to Workgroup in an attempt to get my school computer onto my home network, I effectively locked myself out of my laptop. When I enter my username and password at the login screen, it just tells me it's wrong and won't let me into Windows! I've tried safe mode and last known good configuration, but neither of those work. Anyone know a quick fix for this?

Trap05 · Jul 21, 2007

Can't you select "Login to this computer" Or use your Administrator account?

grumperfish · Jul 21, 2007

Ophcrack might help you to recover the password anyways.

Omsion · Jul 21, 2007

Domain logins don't use the Welcome screen, so you should be able to change the logon location to the local computer and use the default Administrator account.

Karnal · Jul 21, 2007

Hirens Boot software, google it, use it, love it.

Springbok · Jul 21, 2007

I don't have any choice of what I want to login to, just username & password. It's technically the school's computer for warranty reasons, so I don't want to try crack the admin password.

Sam__ · Jul 21, 2007

well u need a local account password to log on....admin would be ur best bet.

ErikD · Jul 22, 2007

I think you are SOL. Best bet is take it back to the school helpdesk and let them fix it. When you removed it from the domain (school) you took out any ability to login as the only account you had was on that domain.

That or go with resetting the local admin account.

Springbok · Jul 23, 2007

All I needed was the admin password, I got our support guy to fix it for me. Thanks for the help guys!

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