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removing network from used laptop

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iwat

IS-IT--Management
Jun 13, 2001
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I purchased a company laptop in a firesale before it shut down. It's an HP Omnibook with Windows 2000 and it was part of the corporate network.

When I boot up, the only way I can get into the system is to login to the old (no longer existent network). I would like to sever all connections to that network.

In addition, I have the laptop hooked up to a NETGEAR RT314 to share a DSL with my other desktop machine. That is working fine, but I'm having problems configuring the lan for shared printers and files.

Question is:

1) What steps to I need to take to remove all references to my old work network. And how do I do that and still be able to login to my laptop?

2) Any tips on setting up a little home network for file sharing and print sharing using RT314?

 
To remove yourself from network devices: 1) Unmap Network Drives (R-click "My Network Places"), 2) Remove unused printing devices from Settings/Printers, 3) Change from Domain to Workgroup (R-click "My Network Places" => Properties => Advanced Tab => Network Identification) 4. Make sure to Create new user in User & Passwords (if you don't know the admin password).

butchrecon has posted a very indepth FAQ about basic networking, this should answer your 2nd question.

Best of Luck. -md
 
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