[dba-Tech] WXP Connecting Mobiles

I'm assuming the laptops are NT based (4.0, 2k, xp), because you don't need
to setup profiles for 98.

In that case, there are two approaches we use at work.  My co-worker, who is
the network Admin, sets up their network account as a power user on the
laptop.  Then he creates a seperate 'Local Admin' account on the laptop, so
if the user needs to install something, they log off, and log in as the
local admin.  My approach is just to setup the laptop users with their
network account in the local admins group.  One login, no fuss.  It is a
little risky doing that, but if they have good Anti-virus software, they
should be protected.  It doesn't matter if they are connected to the network
or not, the laptops will let them log in with cached credentials (NT based
machines will remember so many cached accounts, I think the default is
three, so as long as they don't log with three different accounts, it will
remember their network account 'forever').

Drew

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Andy Lacey
Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 8:40 AM
To: Dba Tech
Subject: [dba-Tech] WXP Connecting Mobiles


Hope someone can advise.

I seem to be getting involved more and more with Windows/Network admin
tasks, in which I have very little experience. But when your client asks,
you try to do, right? Anyway, don't answer that. The point is I think I'm
going to have a few questions which will no doubt be trivial to some of you,
so I hope someone can help.

Here's one. We have an NT4 network, and a mix of W98, W2K and WXP
workstations. We have a single domain. What is standard practice for setting
up a laptop (often physically here, often not, connects to network if here
but not otherwise)? Do I create a local profile AND a domain profile on that
machine? Is that normal? I think he has to have a domain profile when
connected to the network so we can do normal management-type things (update
AV defs), but is there another way round this that doesn't require two
profiles, and doesn't require the user to remember which to use when?


--
Andy Lacey
http://www.minstersystems.co.uk




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