Network World

Tips for setting up Windows domain accounts

Grant local admin privileges to domain account by adding it to the administrators group on the local machine. I am running a network of hundreds of computers with Windows XP Pro clients and Windows ...
Network World

Tips for setting up Windows domain accounts; Discovering Visa’s security requirements

Q: I am running a network of hundreds of computers with Windows XP Pro clients and Windows 2000 Server for a domain. I would like to set up a network administrator account to be able to install ...
Computerworld

Increasing security with limited user accounts and restricted groups

In Windows XP Home Edition, there are two basic types of local user accounts (in addition to the guest account): administrators and limited users. With XP Pro, things get a bit more complicated. Users ...
Ars Technica

Win XP Pro computer constantly locks out user's domain account after a password change

Cast of characters: Windows XP Pro SP1 laptop on local 10/100 LAN, user logging into Windows 2000 AD domain.<BR><BR>User got a new XP Pro laptop, logged in, all was fine.<BR><BR>Two months later his ...
Ars Technica

Account permissions for domain clients

I'm in a Windows 2000 server class in school and am loving group policy. Last I tried doing a PDC using Samba I could either have the user be extremely limited - less rights than a local user would ...