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From: Leonid S. Knyshov // SBS Expert on 26 Feb 2010 10:48
On 2/25/2010 11:56 PM, Don wrote:
> Hello, I have a client that has a company laptop, and he has forgotten
> his password. Now the laptop was part of an old business with a domain
> that no longer exists. What can I do to recover the password. I have
> access to the local admin account, but not the domain admin account on
> the laptop.
>
> Domain was with a sbs 2003 machine.
Is there any data on that account that is domain-specific?

I am thinking perhaps the Exchange profile is a dealbreaker?

If not, just create a new local profile and copy his old profile data
into the new local profile.
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From: Don on 26 Feb 2010 11:24
On 2/26/2010 8:48 AM, Leonid S. Knyshov // SBS Expert wrote:
> On 2/25/2010 11:56 PM, Don wrote:
>> Hello, I have a client that has a company laptop, and he has forgotten
>> his password. Now the laptop was part of an old business with a domain
>> that no longer exists. What can I do to recover the password. I have
>> access to the local admin account, but not the domain admin account on
>> the laptop.
>>
>> Domain was with a sbs 2003 machine.
> Is there any data on that account that is domain-specific?
>
> I am thinking perhaps the Exchange profile is a dealbreaker?
>
> If not, just create a new local profile and copy his old profile data
> into the new local profile.

There is the exchange profile it is really important. If it has to be
lost oh well. But I can move his data, however there are programs tied
to the profile. I created a local profile and most of the programs will
not work.
From: Leonid S. Knyshov // SBS Expert on 26 Feb 2010 11:29
On 2/26/2010 8:24 AM, Don wrote:
>
> There is the exchange profile it is really important. If it has to be
> lost oh well. But I can move his data, however there are programs tied
> to the profile. I created a local profile and most of the programs will
> not work.

Yep, that's what I figured.

There are some workarounds we can try, such as change the registry
location for the local profile to match the domain profile, for example.
Please make a disk image of this laptop before you do anything as many
changes will be hard to reverse if things go wrong.
--
Leonid S. Knyshov
Crashproof Solutions
510-282-1008
Twitter: @wiseleo
http://crashproofsolutions.com
Microsoft Small Business Specialist
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From: Susan Bradley on 26 Feb 2010 13:56
Jim wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:05:18 -0800, Susan Bradley
> <sbradcpa(a)pacbell.net> wrote:
>
>> Dusko Savatovic wrote:
>>> You cannot recover domain password without a domain controller.
>>>
>>> If you have access to the local admin account, you can unjoin computer
>>> from the domain. Then create a local user account and let the owner
>>> use this new local account.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Don" <donald7.44(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:eu9s$krtKHA.4492(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>> Hello, I have a client that has a company laptop, and he has
>>>> forgotten his password. Now the laptop was part of an old business
>>>> with a domain that no longer exists. What can I do to recover the
>>>> password. I have access to the local admin account, but not the
>>>> domain admin account on the laptop.
>>>>
>>>> Domain was with a sbs 2003 machine.
>> Or the duh answer I didn't even think of until this morning. Go to the
>> DC, reset the password for his account. Problem solved.
>
>
> Not really a duh answer Susan. The OP says it's a domain that no
> longer exists, so he's using cached credentials for an old domain.
>
> I'm not sure there's a solution, since all the standard password
> recovery tools work on a local account.
Double duh. Geek = didn't fully read.

The domain profile can be copied to the local one. If he has access to
the local one, copy the profile.
From: Cliff Galiher - MVP on 26 Feb 2010 15:20
There is an exchange profile on a domain account for a domain that doesn't
exist anymore, but the exchange profile is still important??

....curious...

Without the domain, I'm with Susan. I think you'll have to copy the profile
to a new account and deal with some itmes that don't move.

-Cliff


"Don" <donald7.44(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:#g5M1AwtKHA.3408(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> On 2/26/2010 8:48 AM, Leonid S. Knyshov // SBS Expert wrote:
>> On 2/25/2010 11:56 PM, Don wrote:
>>> Hello, I have a client that has a company laptop, and he has forgotten
>>> his password. Now the laptop was part of an old business with a domain
>>> that no longer exists. What can I do to recover the password. I have
>>> access to the local admin account, but not the domain admin account on
>>> the laptop.
>>>
>>> Domain was with a sbs 2003 machine.
>> Is there any data on that account that is domain-specific?
>>
>> I am thinking perhaps the Exchange profile is a dealbreaker?
>>
>> If not, just create a new local profile and copy his old profile data
>> into the new local profile.
>
> There is the exchange profile it is really important. If it has to be lost
> oh well. But I can move his data, however there are programs tied to the
> profile. I created a local profile and most of the programs will not work.

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