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is this disabled in some way for some reason? for learning purposes i have setup a samba pdc and have win 7 pro installed at home which is joined to the samba pdc. i also have some win xp pro systems joined to the same pdc. the xp boxes have no issues caching passwords and have just about the...

Hi guys, I recently did two builds at work with Windows 7 Professional. We've got a 2k3 based server but unfortunately haven't had the time to migrate from NT4 to 2k3 which will happen very soon. Now here's my problem. While Windows 7 can detect all of the other computers on the network, it...

Doing some preliminary work with W7 final release. After connecting to a domain is there an XP-style login screen option that will allow my users to chose username and computer/domain from drop down? Or Switrch Users all there is? Im a little suprised they neglected this simple feature if...

Hello all, I have a strange issue with a new W7 Proffessional box. First, a little about my environment. I am part of a w2k3 domain and all network resources are functioning well. I am also behind a Sonicwall 210TZ firewall with what I can only describe as a *normal* setup for a business...

I have a homegroup set up for Computer1. Computer2 is on domain so it can only connection to Computer1's homegroup and not create it's own. That is fine Computer2 is able to join the homegroup and see the shared files. It can't however see the files in Computer1's libraries that are located...

im running windows 7 32 bit of my work pc. its connected to a domain and i use my log on details but everytime i log of everything resets its self. for example if i pin anything to the task bar it removes it and my email account i have to re due all the settings. Its like its not connected to...

So many of our users have the ability to change their Windows XP theme to the more aesthetically pleasing "Windows XP" theme, which presents curved lines, shading and a not so drab interface. However, I am able to do the same but not save it. I just installed Windows7 on my machine as a test...

Greetings, Installed Windows 7 PRO, no issues...downloaded and installed Remote Server Adminstration Tools for Windows 7 for the purpose of using tsmmc.msc to administer numerous W2K3 servers on our domain. Here is my problem.....Opened up Remote Desktops and began to add the various servers...

My laptop is on a domain and startup/login times are fine when at work on the domain. However, when I login at home, the screen turns black for about a minute or so after I log in. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Hello, I recently upgraded my laptop with Windows 7 Ultimate Version. Earlier my laptop was domain member and I changed to WORKGROUP (because I do not wanted this to be part of domain). Now I can not login as Administrator at all. Is there any solution to retrive the Administrator password...

We have 4 wireless access points in our building. We have 2 wireless networks which authenticate to our domain and 1 wireless network named "guest which we keep outside the domain. We have had the wireless networks on the domain set up to authenticate through AD and to not authenticate through a...

I have a Windows Server 2008 running in a virtual machine. And when I tried to add a Windows 7 Professional computer to the domain, I get a DNS error saying that an attempt to reach the DNS name and join my server has failed. I have successfully gotten 3 Windows XP machines (2 virtual and 1...

How do you create a VPN connection to a remote site in W7 without joining the domain? We support a number of site and joining their domain is not an option.

I had VISTA on my laptop and is was "working" normally, I got the final release on win7 in the my monthly update from MS and proceeded to install it. All went according to plan and it seemed to be ok. Ran the updates joined the domain and installed our AV. Now here is where the problem starts...

I need some help with windows 7 pro machines we are adding to our domain. We are running server 2008, with a policy to set the background image. We have windows vista machines that display the login background when logged into the domain, but when we login with the windows 7 machines, it...

Hi, i work in the IT Department and I have just installed Windows 7 on a laptop, this has laptop has then been put on the domain and been setup accordingly I have a Group Policy where a VBS Script is run to map network drive depending on group Memberships this was working when i had XP...

Hi, i work in the IT Department and I have just installed Windows 7 on a laptop, this has laptop has then been put on the domain and been setup accordingly I have come accross a problem where i just have a blank screen as the background as GP we should all get an image which is copied to all...