Hi Everyone,

I am trying to help FIX a friends computer problem, which is above me.

He has a laptop from work and was playing AROUND with the settings to copy files from his home machine to his work laptop. Using some admin account the company gave him, he changed his network setting from Domain to Workgroup. He figured if the two matched, he would be all set.

Well now he can't login at all using either the admin or his regular user account. Is there anyway to reset the domain back? He doesn't WANT to tell the company for a couple reasons. Also, he can't wait till Monday to get his IT people to fix it as he needs to get stuff done this weekend.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks
Is your friend using Windows XP? If so, have him run a System Restoration. This will reset his settings back. To do this (Windows XP) Click on Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> System restore. A new window will now appear. Make sure "restore my system to an EARLIER time" has a bullet point next to it, and click on the next button. You will now see a calendar. Click on the day of, or the day before he changed any settings. If applicable, make sure the TIME on that day is before he messed with any settings. Click on the date and time so that it is hilighted, and click on the next button. You will now see a confirmation screen. Make sure the date and time is correct, and click on the finish button. Your computer will now restart. Before it "saves your user settings" you will see a little status box. It may move rather slowly, so be patient. Once the system runs its course, the computer will restart. Login as usual, and see if your settings are back to normal. Hope this helps  

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Is your friend using Windows XP? If so, have him run a System Restoration. This will reset his settings back. To do this (Windows XP) Click on Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> System restore. A new window will now appear. Make sure "restore my system to an earlier time" has a bullet point next to it, and click on the next button. You will now see a calendar. Click on the day of, or the day before he changed any settings. If applicable, make sure the TIME on that day is before he messed with any settings. Click on the date and time so that it is hilighted, and click on the next button. You will now see a confirmation screen. Make sure the date and time is correct, and click on the finish button. Your computer will now restart. Before it "saves your user settings" you will see a little status box. It may move rather slowly, so be patient. Once the system runs its course, the computer will restart. Login as usual, and see if your settings are back to normal. Hope this helps  

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Well now he can't login at all using either the admin or his regular user account.

Is there anyway to reset the domain back? He doesn't want to tell the company for a couple reasons. Also, he can't wait till Monday to get his IT people to fix it as he needs to get stuff done this weekend.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks