Post #150,810
4/11/04 10:11:24 PM
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XP/Win2k?
If so, find a "My Computer" icon, right-click on it, and select "manage". (This is the easiest way to get there that I know of. Peter probably knows the mmc.exe command, though.)
Under Storage, select Disk Management, and make sure you've plugged in your USB thumbdrive. It might show up as one of the mapped drives, just rightclick, select Change Drive Letter and Paths, and follow the directions.
Oh, and if you'd like, I can tell your admins they're a bunch of idiots - you start network drives at Z and work your way back down for just that reason.
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Post #150,811
4/11/04 10:14:56 PM
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Myself, I avoide Z
Used to have lots of problems with software that had previously run on a Novell network where drive Z had special meaning.
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Post #150,986
4/13/04 10:12:24 AM
4/13/04 10:12:50 AM
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you solved my problem
I'm running XP Pro. Following your suggestion to relocate the flash drive letter, it now works fine. I originally assumed that they did something underneath the hood to prevent my using it to "protect" their network from viruses. But they require certain network shares to have specific drive letters mapped, and one is E: - where the flash drive went originally.
I still don't like having to use a login with password when I'm home on the laptop, but their installations have affected the only other userid I had created when I booted it the first time. Changing the userid is meaningless since it throws an error msg saying that the "domain is invalid". Well, DUH! I'm not connected to their network at home.
lincoln
"Windows XP has so many holes in its security that any reasonable user will conclude it was designed by the same German officer who created the prison compound in "Hogan's Heroes." - Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times
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Edited by lincoln
April 13, 2004, 10:12:50 AM EDT
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Post #150,992
4/13/04 10:43:43 AM
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Have you tried changing to the "local machine" domain?
When you go to the login, if you click the "Advanced" button (I'm doing this out of memory, so it could be called something else) it will show a third field, containing your work domain. If you select the dropdown box, your machine name should be there as well. Enter your "old" user name + password, and you should be in.
By the way, if your old user name didn't have a password, give it one yesterday. That's not very secure. :P
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Post #151,156
4/14/04 12:59:03 PM
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"local machine" domain
When I'm at work, it's connected to the company intranet and must be logged into their domain. When I'm home, it's not connected to anything; thus, it's extremely secure.
I'll try your tip tonight - I've got too much junk on the brain to remember the easy stuff like this. Thanks for giving me a refresher course.
lincoln
"Windows XP has so many holes in its security that any reasonable user will conclude it was designed by the same German officer who created the prison compound in "Hogan's Heroes." - Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times
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Post #151,174
4/14/04 3:56:08 PM
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Try unplugging it at work
and then log into your local domain.
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Post #151,190
4/14/04 8:16:32 PM
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Your tip didn't work
Fired up the laptop, and at the login screen I clicked on the Options button to display the "Log On To" domain drop-down list box. The name I gave the machine at the very first boot up is not there. Only choices are domains from the client's network. Tried to restart and logging in as another user: no dice. It wouldn't let me type in the original name I gave the machine - could only select client's domain names.
I'm open to suggestions.
lincoln
"Windows XP has so many holes in its security that any reasonable user will conclude it was designed by the same German officer who created the prison compound in "Hogan's Heroes." - Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times
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Post #151,205
4/14/04 11:30:59 PM
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They must have removed it
when you logged onto their network. They have scripts that can reconfigure your Windows configuration and remove the local machine entry.
Can you try "Safe Mode"? Hit F8 when it says "Windows XP....". Maybe you can try to recreate the local account? Log into Safe Mode, click on Control Panel, open up the System icon. Click on "Computer Name" and then hit "Change". Does it show your Workgroup or Domain name there? If Domain, don't change anything or else an administrator will have to add your system back into it when you get back in. If it is a workgroup, you can change the workgroup to something else. If you change from domain to workgroup, it will erase the domain, and you do not want that. I suspect you have Domains configured. If so, then you don't have XP Home, as it does not support domains.
Workgroup and Domains joining are expained here:
[link|http://www.lpt.com/windowsnetworking/regusers/wxpjoind.htm|http://www.lpt.com/w...sers/wxpjoind.htm]
While in Safe Mode, see what you can modify in the Administration tools:
Open up the Local Security Policy from the Administrative Tools in the Control Panel. Under Local Policies, User Rights Assignment check that the Log on locally item contains the following groups:
Administrators
Guest
Power Users
Users
Chances are they removed all of these groups so nobody can log into the machine locally, and only from a network account.
I am unable to locate where the local computer account is stored that can be switched off and on.
In safe mode do this:
Click on Star Menu, choose Run, type this in:
control userpasswords2
Hit Enter.
Do you see any user names for the computer? If not, they wiped them all out. Some BOFH zapped them. Click ADD to add in the Administrator account, etc.
One way to trick it is to set up an NT 4.0 Server or Windows 2000 Server, or Linux server with a SAMBA server using the same Domain name as your work uses, but at home. Do you have a second machine to log into?
"What's the use of saving life when you see what you do with it?" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"
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Post #151,217
4/15/04 1:46:12 AM
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Don't do any of this, Linc.
1. If you ain't got admin, you can't add admin.
2. IT will kick yo sorry ass and tell your boss.
3. You're a busy dude, you've got better things to do.
4. Phone it into the helpdesk and make it clear to your boss that this is causing you a problem.
5. The reason nothing will work while you're logging into the domain is "Dude. You got a policy!". You cannot circumvent this.
Peter
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Post #151,337
4/15/04 11:01:23 PM
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Can I create an Admin account
that doesn't care if I'm on the network? Or will this policy BS keep biting me in the ass?
lincoln
"Windows XP has so many holes in its security that any reasonable user will conclude it was designed by the same German officer who created the prison compound in "Hogan's Heroes." - Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times
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Post #151,339
4/15/04 11:04:21 PM
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Who owns the hardwre?
If you own the machine, and your use of it is limited by their restrictions, then they need to supply you with one of their own.
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Post #151,451
4/16/04 3:03:08 PM
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Me
it was a condition to the job offer, since neither the client nor the contract shop would provide a unit or subsidize my purchasing one. Unfortunately, I've been told by the manager onsite (employee of the pimp shop) that that's the way it is, so live with it.
lincoln
"Windows XP has so many holes in its security that any reasonable user will conclude it was designed by the same German officer who created the prison compound in "Hogan's Heroes." - Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times
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Post #151,456
4/16/04 3:37:55 PM
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And employers wonder why people aren't loyal to them.
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Post #151,471
4/16/04 5:06:58 PM
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I would advise to sit tight
I think you need that job more than you need the control of your computer right now.
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Post #151,340
4/15/04 11:04:59 PM
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I think there are only 2 solutions.
1) Talk to the IT support people at your employer and explain your situation.
2) Install BootIt-NG (or similar) and install another OS on a separate partition that you control. (I'd vote for this one myself.)
Best of luck.
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #151,374
4/16/04 9:01:13 AM
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Agreed.
Luckily, making your account an administrator is as simple as having somebody with admin rights on the machine type:
"net localgroup administrator <domain><username> /add"
at a command prompt on the machine.
Be careful before you walk into this, though - I don't remember the details of how your laptop got on their domain, but some admin types get nervous when somebody walks in with their own machine. I've recently been through this with a contractor here at work, really got down on their case about security big-time.
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