Re: can't login using username@domain.com while offline

They choose the AD domain and not the local machine when they select their
domain which is what they need to do. Any other thoughts would be greatly
appreciated. Thank you.

"Chuck" wrote:

> On Thu, 1 Sep 2005 11:31:01 -0700, "dcarfan" <dcarfan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> >a handfull of our users are unable to login to their windowsXp pro systems
> >using their username@xxxxxxxxxx username while offline. They receive a domain
> >unavailable error. However, they are able to login using their username less
> >the @domain.com and then manually select their domain from the location drop
> >down. They are able to use the @pharmion.com username while online. This is
> >in a windows2000/XP AD environment.
> >
> >Can anyone help me understand this behavior? Thank you!
>
> When they manually select from the drop down, what are they selecting? Maybe
> the local computer name?
>
> When you type in username@domain, you're overriding the domain name that may be
> contained in the drop down (or defaulted if no drop down selection made). If
> login defaults to the local computer, and you typed in username@domain, you'd
> authenticate to the domain. If you just typed in username, OTOH, you'd
> authenticate to the local computer.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
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> actual address pchuck mvps org.
>
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