[ale] [OT]Win2k domain setting is permanent?

[Jonathan Rickman]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On 
> Behalf Of James P. Kinney III
> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 10:13 PM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] [OT]Win2k domain setting is permanent?
> 
> If a PC is removed from a win2k domain to be used in a 
> workgroup setup, how does get rid of the evilness that is the domain?
> 
> The old domain controller is not available so the attempt to 
> change from domain FRED to workgroup ALICE fails.

Unless someone got...ahem...enthusiastic with an Active Directory group
policy, the local administrator account should be able to do anything. If
not, you might google for registry edits to undo the policy screwups. You
can render a system darn near unusable if you get out of hand with policy
templates, but as long as you can still get to the registry you can usually
fix it. What OS? An XP Pro box that has been totally locked down is pretty
tough to break and it is often not worth the time expended unless there is
data that must be preserved. It is rare to run into that though. Most admins
who have the knowledge to do that sort of thing generally have better sense
than to do that sort of thing...if you follow me. :)

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Jonathan