Network Logon in XP Pro?

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Hi,
Just installed an OEM XP Pro, and I am having problems with logon.
Normally, on older OS' I could get a "Network Logon" window followed by
a windows logon window. What happened to the Network Logon window?

I have a domain that I am logging in to and then I have servers that I
want to log into as well on a Novell Network. It comes up with the
screen to choose a preferred server but will not let me change the name
to logon to that server with... this is probably simple but I am
confused after looking at it for a half a day.

Any help appreciated!

Rob
 
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2hawks said:
Hi,
Just installed an OEM XP Pro, and I am having problems with logon.
Normally, on older OS' I could get a "Network Logon" window followed
by a windows logon window. What happened to the Network Logon window?
Click to expand...

NT-based operating systems don't have two login windows. Sounds like you may
be used to Win9x.
I have a domain that I am logging in to and then I have servers that I
want to log into as well on a Novell Network. It comes up with the
screen to choose a preferred server but will not let me change the
name to logon to that server with... this is probably simple but I am
confused after looking at it for a half a day.
Click to expand...

Not sure what you mean by "name to log onto that server with" - do you also
have the Netware client?
 
Hi, thanks for responding.
Yep, 9x has the capability(or disability) of two logins..

What I meant by the 'name' was the login account name.

I have and admin account on the XP box that I want to access Novell
servers with.
I did load IPX and Netware client.

After logging into the domain, XP pro pops up a little box that shows
my three Novell servers and offers to let me choose a preferred
server(or none). However, to access that server I need to use a
different login name than I login to Windows with. There is no option
for me to choose a different login name for that server. It forces me
to use my Windows login name... (i.e administrator or whatever). Then
a message pops up saying something about unable to use the server...
yada yada... well obviously because I couldn't logon to it with the
proper account name. ;/

I have tried mapping some drives and restoring connections which I can
do... but when I logout or reboot it doesn't reconnect to the mapped
drives.

On my 9x boxes and ... my NT4 boxes too... I have an login account
name for windows and one for network that, once logged in to, runs
some network scripts.

I am in the process of building 6 or so new boxes from scratch and have
to run XP Pro on them.

The other pain in the rear is that I have a proxy server.
 
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2hawks said:
Hi, thanks for responding.
Yep, 9x has the capability(or disability) of two logins..

What I meant by the 'name' was the login account name.

I have and admin account on the XP box that I want to access Novell
servers with.
I did load IPX and Netware client.

After logging into the domain, XP pro pops up a little box that shows
my three Novell servers and offers to let me choose a preferred
server(or none). However, to access that server I need to use a
different login name than I login to Windows with. There is no option
for me to choose a different login name for that server. It forces me
to use my Windows login name... (i.e administrator or whatever). Then
a message pops up saying something about unable to use the server...
yada yada... well obviously because I couldn't logon to it with the
proper account name. ;/

I have tried mapping some drives and restoring connections which I can
do... but when I logout or reboot it doesn't reconnect to the mapped
drives.

On my 9x boxes and ... my NT4 boxes too... I have an login account
name for windows and one for network that, once logged in to, runs
some network scripts.

I am in the process of building 6 or so new boxes from scratch and
have to run XP Pro on them.

The other pain in the rear is that I have a proxy server.
Click to expand...

I'm not very familiar with the Netware side of things anymore (the last time
I really worked w/it was a long time ago, 4.x). What I think you want to
achieve is some sort of trust/authentication passthrough (nomenclature
escapes me at the moment, but single sign-on) so you don't even *have*
multiple account names to deal with. Might want to post in a server or
networking group for more help. Sorry I can't provide more.
 
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