XP Pro - Question - only allowing user to log on locally not on Domain

[Bomber]

This may be a simple question and I may answer it myself, but I would like
to make sure I'm on the right path.

To only allow a user to log on to the local pc, do I switch the drop down to
its own computer name (and not the domain), log in as admin and set up a
user for that PC.

Then when that user wants to log on they use their name/pass and choose the
pc name as the workgroup etc. And as long as they don't have a username on
our domain they won't see any domain stuff ?

am I on the right track ?

cheers,

Adam

 

[Colin Nash [MVP]]

That's correct. If the "domain" field gets changed to the local workstation
name, then the user is logging onto a local account. The account is
recognized only on that one machine. They will have no permissions as far
as the domain is concerned (they may still be able to access server shares
that are for "Everyone")

Depending on how the machines are set up, you may get some error messages
from scripts etc that run on startup and expect to have domain access. Test
it out