I followed the steps in that tutorial. When I rebooted after changing the workgroup on the XP Pro machine (the laptop) I could not log on at all. It said "The system could not log you on. Make sure your user name and domain are correct" etc.. No matter what I tried I could not log on to that machine anymore.
It sounds like you mistakenly set you computer up to be a member of a domain rather than a workgroup. On any computer that you did this on, go to Start > Control Panel > System and click on the Computer Name tab. Then click on the Change button, and slect Workgroup instead of Domain. Make sure all computers are in the same Workgroup.
I followed the directions exactly as they were given. But it's irrelevant now. I can't log onto the computer now so I can't get to the start button or anything else.
I know what I did wrong. I left out a detail in my original post that changes things and makes the process given at http://www.homenethelp.com/web/howto/net.asp the incorrect process. That detail is as follows:
The laptop is used at work and is part of the domain at the office. Using the tutorial above moves the computer out of it's domain and messes things up. I need to share the files at home without messing around with the domain setting.
- Dave
PS - The logon problem was resolved by logging in as admin and doing a system restore.
Wow! Well, that bit of information sure makes things different. It sounds like you need a program called Netswitcher. I don't know for a fact that Netswitcher will allow you to change between Workgroups and Domains, but it is worth a shot. Since I have never done this and have no means of testing it, you will either have to start a new thread and find someone that is familar with moving back and forth like you are proposing to do. Here's the link to Netswitcher:
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February 4th, 2004 20:00
See the tutorials at www.homenethelp.com
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February 4th, 2004 23:00
Start at - http://www.homenethelp.com/web/howto/net.asp
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February 5th, 2004 02:00
Try booting into Safe Mode to see if you can change it there.
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It sounds like you mistakenly set you computer up to be a member of a domain rather than a workgroup. On any computer that you did this on, go to Start > Control Panel > System and click on the Computer Name tab. Then click on the Change button, and slect Workgroup instead of Domain. Make sure all computers are in the same Workgroup.
Steve
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Message Edited by volcano11 on 02-05-2004 08:59 AM
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I know what I did wrong. I left out a detail in my original post that changes things and makes the process given at http://www.homenethelp.com/web/howto/net.asp the incorrect process. That detail is as follows:
The laptop is used at work and is part of the domain at the office. Using the tutorial above moves the computer out of it's domain and messes things up. I need to share the files at home without messing around with the domain setting.
- Dave
PS - The logon problem was resolved by logging in as admin and doing a system restore.
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Wow! Well, that bit of information sure makes things different. It sounds like you need a program called Netswitcher. I don't know for a fact that Netswitcher will allow you to change between Workgroups and Domains, but it is worth a shot. Since I have never done this and have no means of testing it, you will either have to start a new thread and find someone that is familar with moving back and forth like you are proposing to do. Here's the link to Netswitcher:
http://www.netswitcher.com/
Steve