Re: Domain and Workgroup problem
- From: "Kurt" <lorentzenkurt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 20:55:06 -0800
Sounds like the users are logging into their local machines. Are the
machines joined to the domain? The workgroup is probably set up with the
local stations administrator account having the same password as the domain
administrator account - 'cause that's the only way they could figure out how
to make it work. The local user accounts don't exist at the domain level, so
they are refused. The proper way to do this is to join the computers to the
domain, create domain accounts for the users, have the users log into the
domain. If they need local administrator priveleges, you can make their
domain user accounts local (not domain) administrators so they can install
software, spyware, viruses, etc on their computers (no, I'm not bitter, just
realistic :-)). After creating their user accounts in the domain and logging
them on once at their workstations, you can use the profile copy feature of
Windows 2000 and XP to get their old desktops, documents, etc back to the
way it was. Most users don't even know anything changed.
....kurt
"SueVanV" <SueVanV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:E8AB89F4-39BD-40FA-A914-096D4F72F020@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I am consulting on a network that originally was setup as an active
>directory
> domain. The person who administered it added a workgroup. Users are using
> two
> logons--both as administrator (not as AN administrator but as THE
> administrator). When they are logged as as the administrator they have
> access
> to the domain. When I look at the setup you see the domain and the
> workgroup
> on the same level. When you try to access the domain server and data from
> a
> workstation that logs on to the domain with other than administrator, the
> message is "the server is not accessable. the list of servers for this
> workgroup is not
> currently available". I have tried adding a user and a workstation. Both
> show
> up in Active directory. I get one logon. I have even added the new user
> directly to the security on a network folder rather than in a group. Still
> the same. When you look at the Entire Network you see both the domain name
> and the workgroup at equal levels (the workgroup is not part of the
> domain?).
> Any idea of how to get it so you can log on with one logon, as individuals
> and access the
> network and ditch the workgroup? TIA for any help.
>
> Sue
>
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