XP-Pro Login Hell

[GeorgeC]

I just upgraded from XP-Home to XP-Pro in order to get on
my company's domain. That left me with two logins, my
domain login and my computer login. If I logged into the
domain I was a "new" user as far as my machine was
concerned and could not see my old files! If I logged in
to my machine, I wasn't really part of the domain, or so
it seemed.

So I used the migration tool to move my stuff from
my "old" login to my "new" domain login.

Now there are two logins, my new domaina login and the
built-in machine administrators login. Now with my new
domain login, even though I am part of the
administrator's group I can't do simple administrative
tasks, like change the power options. For that I need to
log out as "domain/me" and log in
as "machine/administrator"

Very bothersome.

Is there some what to be part of a domain but just have
ONE login?

[G.M.]

"GeorgeC" > wrote in news:051901c30341$9224aae0
:

> I just upgraded from XP-Home to XP-Pro in order to get on
> my company's domain. That left me with two logins, my
> domain login and my computer login. If I logged into the
> domain I was a "new" user as far as my machine was
> concerned and could not see my old files! If I logged in
> to my machine, I wasn't really part of the domain, or so
> it seemed.
>
> So I used the migration tool to move my stuff from
> my "old" login to my "new" domain login.
>
> Now there are two logins, my new domaina login and the
> built-in machine administrators login. Now with my new
> domain login, even though I am part of the
> administrator's group I can't do simple administrative
> tasks, like change the power options. For that I need to
> log out as "domain/me" and log in
> as "machine/administrator"
>
> Very bothersome.
>
> Is there some what to be part of a domain but just have
> ONE login?
>

Welcome to Windows NT. Get used to it, this is the way NT security
works.

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[Bruce Chambers]

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Why not simply add your domain account to the local administrators
group?

Bruce Chambers

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"GeorgeC" > wrote in message
...
> I just upgraded from XP-Home to XP-Pro in order to get on
> my company's domain. That left me with two logins, my
> domain login and my computer login. If I logged into the
> domain I was a "new" user as far as my machine was
> concerned and could not see my old files! If I logged in
> to my machine, I wasn't really part of the domain, or so
> it seemed.
>
> So I used the migration tool to move my stuff from
> my "old" login to my "new" domain login.
>
> Now there are two logins, my new domaina login and the
> built-in machine administrators login. Now with my new
> domain login, even though I am part of the
> administrator's group I can't do simple administrative
> tasks, like change the power options. For that I need to
> log out as "domain/me" and log in
> as "machine/administrator"
>
> Very bothersome.
>
> Is there some what to be part of a domain but just have
> ONE login?

[Oscar G]

This works as you desire it in Windows XP.
The only thing I should note is that all of our users are members of their
local administartors group. So when they are on the network they login with
their user and authenticate to the domain. when they are not on the network
they use their login but authenticate to the local cached credentials. This
allows them to use the same username and password on and off the network.

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"G.M." > wrote in message
...
> "GeorgeC" > wrote in news:051901c30341$9224aae0
> :
>
> > I just upgraded from XP-Home to XP-Pro in order to get on
> > my company's domain. That left me with two logins, my
> > domain login and my computer login. If I logged into the
> > domain I was a "new" user as far as my machine was
> > concerned and could not see my old files! If I logged in
> > to my machine, I wasn't really part of the domain, or so
> > it seemed.
> >
> > So I used the migration tool to move my stuff from
> > my "old" login to my "new" domain login.
> >
> > Now there are two logins, my new domaina login and the
> > built-in machine administrators login. Now with my new
> > domain login, even though I am part of the
> > administrator's group I can't do simple administrative
> > tasks, like change the power options. For that I need to
> > log out as "domain/me" and log in
> > as "machine/administrator"
> >
> > Very bothersome.
> >
> > Is there some what to be part of a domain but just have
> > ONE login?
> >
>
> Welcome to Windows NT. Get used to it, this is the way NT security
> works.
>
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> C:\DOS\RUN
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