Recent content by IceBall

I know when to run the "Network setup wizard" but I have some questions about it. 1. Do I have to run the wizard on a network (workgroup) to get access to the network computers? 2. What does the wizard do to the computer? Open port? change security settings? Change user rights? 3. If I dont...

I made a logoff scrit with the reg change and now it work fine! Thanks! /IceBall

Thaks for the tip John! ... but when I try this it only work one time. If I logon again the next time the last logged on user will be displayed again :( Is it possible to make the change in the registry to stay forever? /Ice

Hi! Is it possible to control the username displayed in the logon box instead of the username last logged on? /IceBall

Hi Zelandakh You say "....as detailed above you DON'T need the users password." I understand step 7 that John gave me that Im logon as the user and then I will need his password.... or do I understand him wrong.... /Viking

Hi John! Your right that nobody likes that an administrator going in to theres profiles and lock around but in some situations the admin maybe have to putt somting on there desktops or someting like that.... Anyway I got an answer on anouther forum that guide me to what I was looking for... so...

Thanks for your help! But there are som thing that I dont understand yet: If I do like you say I have to do this on every user that login with a roaming profile (or?) And I have to know the users password. So this will not work in a "real", bigger network. I want to have access to all...

When I create a roaming user and he logon for the first time and logs out a folder will be created for him. The NTFS permissions will be FC for that user and he will be the owner, the administrator is lockedout. I dont want that! I want to have FC to as an administrator. how? I cant give...

I dont think I follow there. "create a new regional domain in an existing forest" does not exist in dcpromo, its "create a new domain in an existing domain tree" and "create new domain tree in an existing forest". The later was my plan. "you will be asked for the name of the forest root DNS...

Hi! I have a AD domain (contoso.com) and now I want to install a new domain in a new tree (tree.com) in the same forest. The new domain controller (dc2.tree.com)is going to run its own DNS. questins: 1. How does dc2.tree.com find contoso.com when I run dcpromo? 2. how does dc1.contso.com find...

Is it possible to install a new windows 2000 server on a NT domain with some NT4 domain controlers? If you can, will the windows 2000 server just sync with the old PDC and then take over the "PDC" role when you run dcpromo? If this cant be done... then you have to install the new...

Hi! Thanks for the tips! But my question was not about the tombstone thing. Someone told me that if you restore a DC image that is more then 1 month old then other DC will not approve or accept the DC in the Active Directory at all, because some computer certificate or key is too old and it...

I use Ghost on two Domain Controller to take backup on the whole server, will it be any problems if I restore a ghost image that is old (more then 1 month old) on one of the DC? Someone told me that 2000 server change some kind of computer certificate (or key) reguarly so if you try to restore...

In Active Directory you can give a user rigths to "create Intellimirror group objects" and "Create Group Objects". What is ther differance? /IceBall MCSE+I NT 4.0 MCSE w2k

If you right click on a site in "Active Directory Sites and Service" you can start the "Delegate Control wizard". What kind of permission can you give on a site? I guess that you cant give a user rights to create users on a site??? /IceBall MCSE+I NT 4.0 MCSE w2k