Computer re-named

[danIT]

I renamed a computer the other day, for instance from itoff-01 to F9-05 but it didnt seem to go all that well when i rebooted i cud no longer log in, this is locally not on the netwrok, i presume my logon credentials havent been updated? but does anyone know a way i can rectify this without imaging the machine?

[ChrisC]

So it's standalone, and won't accept your logon?

Or it won't accept a local user?

Local administrator logon (not as in group, but the actual administrator login for the machine)?

Chris

[danIT]

its a local user account it wont accept

[Snuffkins]

Well if you can't log on to the machine at all,

This site might help you:

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

Although if you can still log on to the network
you should be able to change local user passwords
as long as that network user has local admin.

[danIT]

it seems to be a problem that occured when changing the computer name. It was changed to F9-05 but still shows Itoff-01 for instance!?

[wesleyw]

Sadly for us that website is filtered by RM

Wes

[danIT]

what proxy do u use? eduproxy.bgfl.org?

[Geoff]

Sadly for us that website is filtered by RM

Wes

Heh, try this link instead.

http://82.43.224.11/p/index.php?q=aH...&hl=0111101001

[danIT]

do RM allow ip address?

[ChrisC]

(or you could unfilter your access??)

I didn't just say that!

Chris

[ChrisC]

Actually I must say, if you know it's a legit website etc, sometimes it's neccesary to unfilter your access.

Chris

[Geoff]

do RM allow ip address?

The hostname it lives on is blocked here. But you can try if you like..

http://evildomain.dyndns.org/p/index...&hl=0111101001

or maybe

http://82-43-224-11.cable.ubr01.pres...&hl=0111101001

[wesleyw]

Oh good grief that worked! lol Shows they need to work on the filtering a little more lol

Thanks Geoff!

Wes

[Geoff]

Blacklists suck. One should use Bayesian Filtering with keywords.

[NetworkGeezer]

Well if you can't log on to the machine at all,

This site might help you:

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

Although if you can still log on to the network
you should be able to change local user passwords
as long as that network user has local admin.

Yikes! :idea:

Remember kids to always put the HDD at the top of the boot order and lock the BIOS

But you knew that anyway ...right?