Re: Login Issues with Laptop

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Hi Brandy,

Thank you so much for your reply.

I expect this is likely the culprit as well - and have followed your
instructions on the server via RWW. I ran "gpupdate /force" on the server
just in case.

I then connected to the server on the laptop in question via VPN, ran
"gpupdate /force" on the laptop (still away for 10 days prohibiting my
ability to connect locally), logged off and on and then logged off again to
see if my wife's account was enabled on this machine. It still is NOT.

How can I allow her to login locally prior to returning home? Is there
another setting to be adjustyed on the client computer?

Thanks!

JS
""Brandy Nee [MSFT]"" <v-branee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hello Sdhi,
>
> Thank you for posting back.
>
> According to your description, It seems that this issue only occurs if the
> user has not logged on the domain from the laptop for a long time. If so,
> this issue can occur if the machine account password has expired. The
> maximum machine account password age by default is set to 30 days in SBS
> 2003. Any workstations will automatically refresh the password against the
> DC, so you will not experience the issues with them. This only occurs on
> laptops which always roam. You can extend the date by edit the following
> policy setting in the Small Business Server Client Computers GPO:
>
> 1. Go to Server Management\Advanced Management\Group Policy Management.
>
> 2. Expand the Forest:Servername.local\Domains\Servername.local\Small
> Business Server Client Computer.
>
> 3. Right click Small Business Server Client Computer and select Edit.
>
> 4. Now you are in the Group Policy Object Editor.
>
> 5. Expand Small Business Server Client Computer [Servername]
> Policy\Computer Configuation\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local
> Policies\Security Options.
>
> 6. On the right panel, select "Domain member : Maximum machine account
> password age", right click it and select Properties.
>
> 7. Check the box "Define this policy setting" and input the days that how
> long you want to enable your password.
>
> You can disable it by setting the value to 0. Then run "gpupdate /force"
> on the client computers to apply the policies (suppose all are Windows
> XP).
>
> Hope this information helps. I am looking forward to hearing from you
> soon.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Brandy Nee
>
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