Cohesively synergizing efficiency paradigms by leveraging group policies

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Ray_: Sep 15, 2005; It was like the Colosseum in Rome and we were the Christians." - Bobby Dodd, on playing at LSU's Tiger Stadium

Gozinbulx posted:

I just need to throw this out there since its a networking question:

At the network I manage, I put a computer on the domain which we use. As in, instead of having that XP screen where you click a series of pcitures representing a fixed set of users, it converted into a login prompt for a login and password.

all good.

for whatever reason (kinda stupid) I wanted to switch it back. in retrospect I think i should have just gone to my computer/properties/change ID or whatever it is and just deleted the domain name. instead i switch it to WORKGROUP and put it in some improvised name and when asked for a login, put it one from the network and for some reason it worked.

now im stuck with a login prompt that isnt for the domain and I dont seem to have any of the logins for it. everyone i tried failed, as if i were trying to login to a workgroup that has no members.

how in gods name can i get it back to something i can get into.

There are linux boot cds that will let change the password for local accounts.

This has nothing to do with group policy.

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# ¿ Apr 24, 2024 08:20

Ray_: Sep 15, 2005; It was like the Colosseum in Rome and we were the Christians." - Bobby Dodd, on playing at LSU's Tiger Stadium

Since this seems to be the Windows Admin/GPO thread, guess I'll post my question here.

I've got a majority XP environment, but have added a few Win7 machines lately - mostly because those machines have SSDs and I wanted the TRIM support. Anyway, I've been using a simply batch file for years and it works just fine on XP but the 7 machines lose all drives pretty regularly. It's set to run as a logon script inside a GPO. Here's the script:

code:

net use * /delete /y

net use i: \\servername\sharename
net use k: \\servername\sharename
net use n: \\servername\sharename
net use p: \\servername\sharename

I've searched around and apparently in 7, login batch files run with downgraded permissions. I couldn't find a good workaround online, though. Just a bunch of people with the same issue.

Anyone run into this? Have a good workaround? I don't have 7 or 2k8 on an admin machine to use the new drive mapping GPO, is that my only option?

# ¿ Sep 22, 2010 17:34

Ray_: Sep 15, 2005; It was like the Colosseum in Rome and we were the Christians." - Bobby Dodd, on playing at LSU's Tiger Stadium

sanchez posted:

Install the admin tools on one of those random 7 machines, use that to create the GPO? They're much nicer than login scripts, may as well give it to your XP people too. (install client side extensions first)

I thought of that, problem is they're all for higher ups or power users so if there's any issues with a GPO it might be tough to get in front of the 7 box due to traveling, etc.

I'll probably end up rolling a 2k8 server on our ESX box for testing out stuff like Lync that requires it, just wondering if anyone had an alternate workaround.

FISHMANPET posted:

Yeah, you don't actually need a 2008 server to implement, them, there's a patch for XP and it's built into 7 and that's all you need.

I know that, but thanks

# ¿ Sep 23, 2010 07:04

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