Re: Group Policy Lofon Script

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No this isn't what I said. If a user type: "Administrator" Vista will default to the local computer administrator account. For someone to log on using the domain Administrator account, they will have to type: "Domain\Administrator".

For any other domain account, the first type they have to type 'Domain\AccountName', and from that point on , every time they want to log on , they don't have to type the domain name. Just the 'Account Name' will be enough (If you look just below the text boxes where the account name and password are typed, the name of the domain will already be listed there

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Costas


"RoninV" <RoninV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:3A91A891-CCAE-4DD9-99F8-9BC3075E3EA8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
'Domain' = the name of the company network
'Local' = the computer itself.

There is an Administrator account in Domain and an Administrator account in
Local. Are you indicating that if the Local Administrator account is renamed
something other than Administrator, no user will be able to log into Local by
simply entering their username (without Domainname) and password? In fact,
since users are required to log into the Domain, using the
username@Domainname and password combination, if the user forgets to include
the Domainname when signing on, that user should get a error/warning that the
user input is incorrect.

"Costas" wrote:

If there is a local user account with the same name as the domain account,
the computer will pick up the local account. For example, if you type
"Administrator", it will default to the local Administrator. But if you
type "Domain\user" the next time the user logs to the same workstation then
the username should be there waiting for the password.

If they want to type a different user name, then the domain name should be
below the input textboxes next to the label "Log on to:" so they type just
the user name.

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Costas


"RoninV" <RoninV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:3FE20FB0-968A-4DE2-A6FA-DD1539FF4F0D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I'm going to plant this question here, since this thread seems to touch > on
> Group Policy login/off issues.
>
> Vista (business ed) in a corporate domain. I'm trying to limit user > access
> to the local computer. Users have to enter 'domain\username' and > password
> to
> log into the network. I find that if a user enter his username (without
> the
> domain\) and password, the user logs into the local computer, in spite > of
> the
> fact that there is only the Adminstrator account setup on the local
> computer.
> Is it possible to stop users, who do not have administrator level > access,
> from logging into the local computer?


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