My son got a computer for home from work that is setup for work network. When starts up at logon asks for username and password, which at work works fine but at home comes back with cannot find the domain and the computer wan't start. Can anyone suggest how to bypass this login and how to disable the domain connection or take it out the work network. Much appreciated. Please if you can email me atEmail removed for privacy. Thanks-1 person got this answerI do too

With a used computer, particularly one that was part of a domain, the very first thing to do is a clean install of Windows. This removes the need for knowing passwords as well as tattooed domain settings.http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html -Clean Install How-To http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Reinstalling_Windows -What you will need on-hand MS-MVP - Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!

If he has a local admin account he may be able to logon to the computer instead of the domain.If he doesn't have a local account I would take the computer back to work, logon, and add a local admin account.I can give you an example from where I work. You just need to substitue your own computer and domain names.At work we logon onto the domain. The domain is called US but the computer I use is called Stewart. When the sign on screen comes up it has a box for my name and a box for my password in the window. Then I click more options or something like that. This makes a third box come up in the window. The third box is the domain. I click the arrow next to the domain name and scroll down to the computer name. It has Stewart(this computer) next to it. Then I can logon with my local account.Sometimes you don't have the third box. Sometimes in the name box is has US\Rich. It may be possible for me to logon with Stewart\Rich but I have not tried that. After you get on remove the computer from the domain. Hope this helps

1. The computer may not be part of the work domain any more. "My son got a computer for home from work..." I agree that this is ambiguous. If the son still works at the company and the computer is to be used while working from home, then he will not want to remove it from the domain. If this is the case, he needs to contact his IT Dept.2. If the computer is no longer part of the work domain (the son or father doesn't work for the company any more), then he needs to do as I suggested and clean-install Windows to remove all domain settings.Most system administrators don't allow users to have a local administrative account.MS-MVP - Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!

Ask those he works for. Anything else would probably be breaking an agreement your son has with the employer for home use of that machine. You can hack into it if you like - but then - if discovered, your son won't have the problem anymore because he won't have that job. Now if you meant this is a computer from a job that no longer exists and they distributed the computer to employees as some compensation or he bought it at a discounted price from them or something... Wipe it and install clean.-- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP --How To Ask Questions The Smart Wayhttp://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Thanks for all the answers. Did help decide that have to reinstall the OS. Yes, the computer is given by the company as a surplus equipment and yes I know that the company's bad practise of giving away equipment without cleaning. While not having a local admin account seem to control the network better, at times is better having one for single user maintenance, training and software support. Most likely there is a way of getting around the issue but as few suggested the smart way will be clean install. Thanks to all.-