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There is a particular computer on our LAN running Windows 7 Home Premium. I am a Domain Admin, and that computer is connected to the LAN.
My problem is that when I start the computer and the login screens comes up, there are two accounts to choose from with which to log in. But I need to log in as domain admin - I can't get it to offer me the option to enter my username.
I can click on one of those user buttons and get a Switch User button, but it never gives me the option to enter a different username.
What am I missing? What can I do? I need to log onto that computer to work on it.
Are you sure you are trying to login to a domain account and not to the local computer account? Is the computer previously connected to the domain? – jtheman – 2013-06-15T21:52:17.073
The user normally logs in with a domain account. Yes, the computer was previously connected to the domain. My problem isn't that I can't log in, the problem is that I can't get a login box to log in with. – bgmCoder – 2013-06-15T22:01:41.110
That is unusual. Might be the user that have changed the settings for the login. See http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ff394947.aspx fore some basic info about this.
– jtheman – 2013-06-15T22:05:21.743He could have, as he does have admin rights on the computer; but I have domain admin rights. Can I change it somehow from the domain controller? – bgmCoder – 2013-06-15T22:06:15.583
Possibly you could set it through a Group policy GPO and then restart the computer, but I'm not certain, haven't tried just that. :) – jtheman – 2013-06-15T22:21:31.973
Okay, either the computer got unjoined, or I never joined it (?) - I tried to join the computer to the domain, but got access denied. And I can't remote desktop to the machine because remote access seems to be disabled. Bummer! But I have a local admin account on the machine - how can I get a login box to log in using that? – bgmCoder – 2013-06-15T22:31:11.693
Booting in Safe mode (holding F8) should make you being able to log in as a local administrator? – jtheman – 2013-06-15T22:38:52.470
Ah! Good idea - I never thought of that. Let me try that. – bgmCoder – 2013-06-15T23:01:51.373