Long story short, I'm trying to lock down my workstation to keep mischief out (windows 7 on a windows domain). Encrypting the HDD (bitlocker) prevents people from slaving the drive or booting into a ...

We all love our Active Directory domains. Being able to provide single sign-on authentication for users and computers is great. It's a secure solution that saves a ton of time -- cutting out the ...

I'm not sure how to word what I want to do in the title, so here's an elongated version. I'm looking to remove a computer from the domain I've got running, but I want to keep all the user settings the ...

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 ...

If you leave a company and your personal computer is connected to the company's domain, you can leave the domain to join a Workgroup provided that you're directly connected to the domain and that you ...

Jesus Vigo covers how systems administrators leverage PowerShell cmdlets to manage Active Directory networks, including the devices and users it services. Microsoft’s PowerShell (PS) management ...

Use PowerShell to shave time off routine tasks like renaming computers. Here are some commands to try. Occasionally it may become necessary to rename a computer in an Active Directory environment.

Transferring data from your old computer to the new one is not such an easy affair. While the cloning tools will transfer the data, they may fail to back up the user profile and the domain settings. A ...

It's not always the best idea to create Active Directory users from scratch. Chances are, your company has a standard "template" of attributes that are set for every domain user. If so, why are you ...

If when you try log on to a computer that is running Windows 11 or Windows 10 in a domain environment, and you receive the error message The trust relationship ...