Comments on: Disable Logon to Windows Computers When Not Connected to a Domain

By: jd2066

jd2066 — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:58:32 +0000

@Mike: I think that just normal user privileges are enough for a cached login.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:22:59 +0000

Does a user need to be a ‘power user’ to login to their cached domain profile when removed from the network or is ‘user’ privileges enough?

By: Whitney

Whitney — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:49:47 +0000

“Plus, you could try and boot into safe mode on start up. It has limited options, but you can change the registry. ”

I have two old laptops given to me by my old job. I’m trying to access them to retrieve old documents and then wipe them clean for donation. However, I’m not able to access with my login because it says the domain is invalid for all available domains. How can I get past this? I’m assuming it’s through safe mode, but I’m not sure what steps to follow.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:57:43 +0000

Even if you can somehow get to the registry and enable credential caching, it won’t help much because your credentials aren’t currently cached. You’d need to enable caching, and then login successfully to the domain to cache them.

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:46:16 +0000

how do i set up a domain for other computers to login to? can it be done on WHS or would I have to buy 2008 Server Standard?

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:52:53 +0000

Plus, you could try and boot into safe mode on start up. It has limited options, but you can change the registry.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:51:56 +0000

Try flashing the registry from a USB stick. Thats dodgy though. It would be better to ask the previous jobs’ IT department to login, so the registry can be changed.

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:47:58 +0000

I am getting the same error on my xp, its a used laptop from my former employer.

I can’t get past the logon screen to change the registry, how can I fix this problem

Thanks in advance