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Logon issues after disconnecting domain

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Topic: Logon issues after disconnecting domain

Posted By: vm
Subject: Logon issues after disconnecting domain
Date Posted: 19 May 2014 at 3:18am

I have got a laptop which I have unchecked the domain I was previously connecting to as I did not need to connect to that network.

However I have been using the machine offline and have a load of data on the local drive. Having disconnected from the domain I am now unable to log onto the local machine.

Is there tool forensit have that can help me log back onto the machine?

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Posted By: Support
Date Posted: 19 May 2014 at 4:43am

No, sorry we don't.

If you cannot logon to the machine at all (with any account) you are in a bad place. There are some tools you can find on the internet that claim to reset local passwords offline (for example by booting from a linux boot disk.) You could just reinstall Windows over the top of the existing installation and make sure you choose to keep the existing data.