Windows 7 cannot log onto domain

I have removed and re-added the system from the domain with no luck. I have also verified the DNS on my network. What else could be causing this issue? Marari Network Solutions is an IT service provider. You are not caching domain logon information. This allows a domain user to logon to a pc if a logon server is unavailable. I do recommend turning off any wireless connections or unplug any LAN connections when bringing up the box.

Once you log on then plug in everything. You can't access it when you're logged in as that user in either Notepad or whatever. Server Fault is a question and answer site for system and network administrators. It only takes a minute to sign up. Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. I have a computer running windows 7 on a small network connected to a windows nt server.

There are 7 computers on the network which we run as a peer to peer not a domain. The machine running windows 7 has been working fine for six months however on re boot this morning it is asking for a password.

We don't use passwords so there is not one to put in. When we set up the server many years ago! We had to set it up with users mapping a network drive to the server and the user name of Clare. That was the only way we could make it work. There is no password as we don't use them.

Trying to put in Clare as the password brings up a message saying that users cannot login with the same user name. I can see this but do not understand how it is now a problem after running fine on windows 7 for the last 6 months. Any help would be appreciated Thanks Paul. If that doesn't work then the computer does have a password for that account. Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Windows Client. Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads.

Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Windows 7 Security. Sign in to vote. We have 10 computers that will be used by kids and staff members.

Idealy, we would like to be able to use parental controls and family safety on domain user accounts but this is not supported. So we have created local accounts on the computer for the kids and we want the staff to login to the domain on the same computers. I'm finding that it will be slightly complicated for the local kids account to logon after a staff member has logged in because of the way the Windows 7 logon screen operates. I then removed the pc from the domain and deleted the pc from AD duplicate pc names, my error.

Now when I boot up the pc, it only lists our domain admin account as the username no other option , but it isn't accepting the domain pwd for that account. The pc lists our domain admin account as the only account I can select. It's not offering the option to select another account. You do not see option for another user? Have you tried entering the local user password to see if it will take it? I'm still poking around though. Brand Representative for SoftwareKeep.

Yes, it sounds like you didn't enable admin rights on the new local "USER" account and the default "Administrator" account is disabled. If you boot to a command prompt through an installation disk, you will be able to edit the SAM registry hive to re-enable the "Administrator" account on the machine again. If you aren't comfortable editing the registry hive directly, you can use any of the generic live boot disks that can reset passwords for you to do it semi-automatically.

This is why Windows tells you "Once you remove this machine from the domain, you will need a local administrator account and password to login again after you restart. I found that site too when searching for a solution, but I didn't see anything there I could use.

I know the local user account that I used to install software, but I can't change the login account to it. My only option for logging in is the domain admin account, but the pc doesn't recognize the password for it. Jim, I thought that since the local user account that I initially established when configuring the pc for the first time allowed me to install software, it did have admin rights over the pc.

Is that not the case?