OK, here's a challenge for you!
We have a room of Vista PCs that used to be on a domain at our company. Our network went down spectacularly and has had to be rebuilt from scratch on a different domain.
Here's the tricky bit.
In order to change the domain these PCs are on, we need to log onto them. There are 2 local user accounts. The built in Administrator account wasn't enabled when the guy set up these machines. The second local account is locked out and cannot be logged onto.
What I need to do is either enable one account or unlock the other.
I've tried logging on to the recovery console, but it asks for credentials for a local user account. Safe mode comes up with the regular login screen and again, won't let me in. I've even tried booting into Windows PE to try to do it from a command line, but it won't let me access the existing Windows installation.
Anyone got any ideas?
We have a room of Vista PCs that used to be on a domain at our company. Our network went down spectacularly and has had to be rebuilt from scratch on a different domain.
Here's the tricky bit.
In order to change the domain these PCs are on, we need to log onto them. There are 2 local user accounts. The built in Administrator account wasn't enabled when the guy set up these machines. The second local account is locked out and cannot be logged onto.
What I need to do is either enable one account or unlock the other.
I've tried logging on to the recovery console, but it asks for credentials for a local user account. Safe mode comes up with the regular login screen and again, won't let me in. I've even tried booting into Windows PE to try to do it from a command line, but it won't let me access the existing Windows installation.
Anyone got any ideas?