Can't logon now I've left the domain

Hi,
I think I've really screwed up my laptop.

I tried to get my work laptop onto my home network so that I could
connect to the internet. I took it out of the work domain and tried to
join the workgroup. It accepted the administrator password I had to
type in to leave the domain. It said welcome to the workgroup.

However, when it rebooted, it asked me to type in a user name and
password. It won't accept any of my usual passwords, not even the
admin password I used to leave the domain.

Can anybody suggest how I might be able to get back onto my laptop?

Thanks for any help

Colin

"Bobby" <bobby2@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:ffc2eee7-8ae7-4e3f-b50d-27e8d9cae639@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> Hi,
> I think I've really screwed up my laptop.
>
> I tried to get my work laptop onto my home network so that I could
> connect to the internet. I took it out of the work domain and tried to
> join the workgroup. It accepted the administrator password I had to
> type in to leave the domain. It said welcome to the workgroup.
>
> However, when it rebooted, it asked me to type in a user name and
> password. It won't accept any of my usual passwords, not even the
> admin password I used to leave the domain.
>
> Can anybody suggest how I might be able to get back onto my laptop?
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> Colin

You need to ask your network administrator at work for
the password of the local "Administrator" account.

>
> You need to ask your network administrator at work for
> the password of the local "Administrator" account.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

That's what I was worried you might say! He's quite new and is our
only I.T. guy. My laptop is a few years old. What happens if he
doesn't have the password?

Colin

"Bobby" wrote:

> >
> > You need to ask your network administrator at work for
> > the password of the local "Administrator" account.- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> That's what I was worried you might say! He's quite new and is our
> only I.T. guy. My laptop is a few years old. What happens if he
> doesn't have the password?
>
> Colin
>

Read this, it been discussed a few days ago the same as yours:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...sloc=en-us&p=1

"Bobby" <bobby2@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> >
>> You need to ask your network administrator at work for
>> the password of the local "Administrator" account.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> That's what I was worried you might say! He's quite new and is our
> only I.T. guy. My laptop is a few years old. What happens if he
> doesn't have the password?
>
> Colin

If he's worth his salt then he'll be able to fix your machine.