Thanks, Andy! You've confirmed what I suspected.
As I read my 4,532nd Google hit, I did find a blog article that claims
to outline how, in theory, it can be done without loss of life or data.
In case someone else might benefit (and have the cojones to try it)
here's the link:
http://www.articlejobber.com/tutorial/domain_to_workgroup_20060220_1.html
Mike
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: NF Windows XP and Domains
From: AndyD <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: 1/26/2012 11:47 PM
Hi,
I've spend dozens of hours on this (I have an ex-company laptop - legit
- with XP, member of co. domain, complicated by also having corporate
Symantec antivirus). I have tried to 'un-join' the domain and the m/c is
now not quite a brick but definitely a basket case (so I suggest you
work with a cloned m/c or a VM).
I am not a Windows domain expert so some of the following may be rubbish:
As a minimum you need to:
Create a new user who is not a domain member (???) i.e bloggs instead of
bloggs@domain.
Copy old users doc / email / app data / etc. directories to the new user.
Join the computer to a workgroup - this is *supposed* to unjoin it from
the domain.
Delete the old user - if they're still there.
As I said this didn't really work for me, but Symantec may be the culprit.
After hours of Googling I did find a site that recommended using nLite
to slipstream the OS, there is supposed to be an Advanced option to drop
the domain/ workgroup. N.B. I haven't tried it.
enjoy!
AndyD 8-)₹
On 19:59, Mike Copeland wrote:
> <snip>
>
> My question is:
> If I set a Windows XP workstation to no longer use a domain...but to go
> the network workgroup route, will the existing data (email,
> spreadsheets, etc.) that is available to and physically located on the
> WinXP workstation still be avialable if the domain goes away?
>
> My fear is that the answer is no.
> <snip>
>
> Mike Copeland
>
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