dualboot windows xp + domain

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Bjorn

Hi

We have the following problem at school. We have a wks with dualboot
Windows XP Dutch and French (both on different partitions). Our server
is a Windows 2000 and there is a domain.
The problem is, on the some same pc, one language just drops out of
the domain while the other remains.
The things we tried already:
- giving the pc's the same name in the 2 OS's
- giving different computernames in the 2 OS's
- switching between different and same IP address

Anyone who can help ??

Greetz,
Bjorn
 
Bjorn said:
Hi

We have the following problem at school. We have a wks with dualboot
Windows XP Dutch and French (both on different partitions). Our server
is a Windows 2000 and there is a domain.
The problem is, on the some same pc, one language just drops out of
the domain while the other remains.
The things we tried already:
- giving the pc's the same name in the 2 OS's
- giving different computernames in the 2 OS's
- switching between different and same IP address

Anyone who can help ??

Greetz,
Bjorn
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- What exactly do you mean when you write "One language
drops out of the domain"?
- Is your WinXP - Dutch version registered on the domain?
- Is your WinXP - French version registered on the domain?
- What are the values for the following environmental variables
under the two versions:
* LogonServer
* UserDomain
* ProgramFiles
* SystemRoot
* AllUsersProfile
You can see these values under a Command Prompt.
 
"drops out of the domain" meaning, users can not login anymore and
when you can (my guess is that the users info is cached in xp ?) the
wks itself acts as if it's in a workgroup.
Both xp dutch en french are in the same domain and use the same
servers.
logonserver: svr-a
userdomain: KN
programfiles:
-dutch: c:\program files
-french: d:\program files
systemroot:
-dutch: c:\windows
-french: d:\windows
Profiles are like above devided over C and D.

Greetz,
Bjorn
 
Have you tried giving each system a new SID (Security IDentifier)?
Look for newsid.exe on www.sysinternals.com.

After giving each WinXP system a new SID, I would unregister
and reregister each on the domain.
 
Have you tried giving each system a new SID (Security IDentifier)?
Look for newsid.exe on www.sysinternals.com.

After giving each WinXP system a new SID, I would unregister
and reregister each on the domain.
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Newsid: if I reset the computeraccount in AD, would it be the same as
the thing that newsid does ?

Bjorn
 
Bjorn said:
Newsid: if I reset the computeraccount in AD, would it be the same as
the thing that newsid does ?

Bjorn
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No. Newsid.exe makes numerous changes in the registry, giving
the machine a new security ID.
 
Newsid: if I reset the computeraccount in AD, would it be the same as
No. Newsid.exe makes numerous changes in the registry, giving
the machine a new security ID.
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Ah, ok, we will try this.

Bjorn
 
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