There are 2 things here.
There is the Computer Account (also called the Machine Account) and the User
account.
The machine account is when a conputer is joined to a Domain. It allows the
PC to start up and login itslef to the domain to then allow it to service
User Account logons.
The machine may only be a member of one domain. So it usually will only
allow users with accounts in that dmain to logon to taht domain through it.
The exception comes when the domain that the machien account is a member of
(joined to) has trust relationships to other domains (or is apart fo an
Active Directory forest etc). In that case the machine can handle requests
by user with accounts in its own domain as well as allow users to logon to
it from domains truested by the machine accounts domain.
So in the Domain drop down box you see the (local machine), the Domain that
the machine is a member of (joined to) and all the Domains that the machine
can talk to to authenticate user accounts from (the trusted domains)
Only machines "join" domains users can have accounts in several domains but
they need a machine that is either in that domain or in a domain that trusts
that domain to allow them to logon (authenticate).
[Courtesy of: Mike Brannigan -Microsoft]
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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/
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| I have two separate domains that are not trusted and will not be configed in
| that manner.
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| I have two separate distinct accounts on each network.
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| Can I start IE so that I can log into the second domain immediately if I
| right click on IE and select "run as"? If I run the program as a user on
| the second domain should it not be able to open the app without prompting
| for credentials? I get a bad userid or password message.
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| I did add entries into LMHOST for the second domain DC.
