"User Name" Problem, Help Please

[MrBones]

I am new at this but {due to slow tech support } eager to learn.
Problem: At work I am on a LAN. A computer broke and is being replaced with a different used computer. The working computer is comming off of another LAN from work. Here is the problem. Using windows XP Pro. I can not add a user on the new used computer and get it to logg on while connectted to the LAN. If I am on the internet I can add a user and use it. But when I disconnect it from the internet and hook it up to the LAN {without internet} I can not use the new User that I just added. I get an error stating that I am not using the proper domain. It seems that it will only logg on while on the old domain. How can I fix this ?
Thank you for your patients and any help.

 

[smah]

Has this machine been joined to the new domain? Does the user trying to log on have an account on that domain?

 

[MrBones]

smash-thnx for the reply
--Has this machine been joined to the new domain?--
I do not believe so, I do not know how to do that, is there a link showing me how to do this ? "joining to the new domain".

--Does the user trying to log on have an account on that domain? --
yes, I am able to logg onto the LAN in my room on other computers as an Administrator.

 

[smah]

You keep mentioning lan - is this lan runnin a windows domain or is it a workgroup? Right click on My Computer, Properties. Then look at the Computer Name tab. If you need to join the windows domain, that's where you do it. If you're not using a windows domain, you need to log onto the local computer, not the domain.

 

[BadBigBen]

and if you do not have domain administration rights, then it will not work... The domain admin must make the changes...

Ben

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