"Ravi" <R***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6E16891F-D7F6-4F6F-AC38-B3DD94B8392F@microsoft.com...
> Hi Forum,
> I have system crash and I am not able to log-in to Windows XP. Here are
> the
> details below . . .
>
> Problem: I have DELL laptop with XP professional that I've been using in
> my
> company in Mexico.Now, I am on business trip to India. I wanted to access
> the
> internet using my laptop. So, I had been to a public internet surfing
> place
> (so called "Cyber Cafe"). The guy there changed my laptop settings and now
> I
> am unable to log-in to windows using my known company username and
> password.
>
> What is changed? The guy at cyber-cafe changed all the IP addresses
> settings. Then he changed the domain from my company to workgroup as
> "funzone" (which is workgroup name at his place) then windows asked to
> reboot
> for changes to take place. Now, I can't log-in using my known username and
> password. The windows log-in screen only shows username and password
> fields
> and the domain/workgroup selection field is missing. After log-in windows
> says that "can't log-in, please check usename and domain name"
>
> What I've tried? I have tried pressing F8 before windows booting and
> selecting ALL different boot options for windows (e.g. safe mode, last
> known
> configuration, etc.) But, same problem in each case. I tried to login
> using
> different combinations of username and password e.g. my known usename and
> empty password, empty username and password, Administrator and my known
> password, guest (this gave me message that "guest" account is disabled)
>
> The solution: Please let me know what has happened and what could be
> probable solutions.
>
> Note: This is very urgent request as I have all the data in laptop and I
> have to give presentations in coming week. I need to work with my laptop
> immediately.
>
> Thanks a lot for reading my thread/post and any help is highly
> appreciated.
> Regards,
> Ravi