XP computer in W2K domain

[Phil Hunt]

I have a bunch of XP Prof PC in an W2K managed domain. I set up 1 user
account on each PC. Everything works fine. THe trouble is the users
sometimes play musical chairs and want to use other PC and find that they
cannot use their account to log into the domain. They used to be able to do
that with NT. Is this something new with XP, if so is there a easy way to
set up an account so they can log into a doamin from any computers that has
already joined the domain. (I actually ghosted these machine, if it makes
any diff).

TIA

 

[Frank H]

I think you need to set up an account for each user on
the domain so users logon to the domain, not the local
pc. You can then control who logs in where etc.

 

[Courtney]

I have a bunch of XP Prof PC in an W2K managed domain. I set up 1 user
account on each PC. Everything works fine. THe trouble is the users
sometimes play musical chairs and want to use other PC and find that they
cannot use their account to log into the domain. They used to be able to do
that with NT. Is this something new with XP, if so is there a easy way to
set up an account so they can log into a doamin from any computers that has
already joined the domain. (I actually ghosted these machine, if it makes
any diff).

TIA

I am confused.

If you have a Win2K managed domain (active directory), why are you
setting up any accounts on desktop systems?

Put the computers and the users in the proper container. Now, it doesn't
matter what the users log into. They still get the same user rights.

By the way, there is no diffence between XP and 2K when logging into
domains. They both do so exactly the same way.

courtney sends....

 

[NobodyMan]

I have a bunch of XP Prof PC in an W2K managed domain. I set up 1 user
account on each PC. Everything works fine. THe trouble is the users
sometimes play musical chairs and want to use other PC and find that they
cannot use their account to log into the domain. They used to be able to do
that with NT. Is this something new with XP, if so is there a easy way to
set up an account so they can log into a doamin from any computers that has
already joined the domain. (I actually ghosted these machine, if it makes
any diff).

TIA

Why join the computers to the domain if you aren't going to create
user accounts in AD? I mean, why go out and touch each machine,
creating a different account on each one, when you could sit down at
the server and do the same thing in AD, but just at the Server box.
That's one of the advantages of the Client/Server system - and it
allows better access and permissions control.