Computers Moving computer from domain

crayzkirk · 02-18-2024, 11:07 AM

My friend has a computer from her business that she got after retirement. It's on the company domain. It's also Windows Enterprise. We are going to downgrade the computer to Windows Professional and remove it from the company domain.

So, I would imagine that if we just go and change it from domain to workgroup, the old domain user and files are not going to be accessible. My plan is to use an external drive to copy all of the user files off, get the original Windows key from the registry and/or bios, create a Windows 10 install USB drive and start over.

Suggestions? I'm computer literate however my experience is writing software, not configuring Windows systems.

Thanks in advance,

CrayzKirk

02-18-2024, 11:07 AM	Topic Starter
crayzkirk MVP Join Date: Nov 2016 Casino cash: $880000	Moving computer from domain My friend has a computer from her business that she got after retirement. It's on the company domain. It's also Windows Enterprise. We are going to downgrade the computer to Windows Professional and remove it from the company domain. So, I would imagine that if we just go and change it from domain to workgroup, the old domain user and files are not going to be accessible. My plan is to use an external drive to copy all of the user files off, get the original Windows key from the registry and/or bios, create a Windows 10 install USB drive and start over. Suggestions? I'm computer literate however my experience is writing software, not configuring Windows systems. Thanks in advance, CrayzKirk
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