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Error login with RDP and Active Directory
have a problem when I try to loggin from a PC - Windows 8 - (using RDP) to a Windows Server (2008r2) that has Active Directory running. I can't access the server. (I put my credentials right)
This is ...
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Does windows log which admin domain user authorised an event
For example, if a standard user wanted to perform a software installation which would require admin rights, then admin credentials would have to be used to authorize the action. So does windows or ...
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Understanding Windows 8 users account and remote desktop
I do not want to further confuse myself by asking on the difference between domain account and local account.
Just want to clarify the following behavior for local accounts.
Let's say I created 2 ...
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How to turn Windows domain account to a local account
I asked the IT department in our company to remove me from our domain so that some restrictions aimed at all the users within the domain no longer apply to me.
The problem is that when I restart my ...
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How to add Active Directory module in PowerShell in Windows 8?
I use Windows 8.1 and I try use Import-Module ActiveDirectory, but I get the following error:
PS C:\Windows\system32> Import-Module ActiveDirectory
Import-Module : No se cargó el módulo '...
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Active Directory Force Logoff After 8 Hours
We are a 24/7 company and we have an active directory network of approximately 80 workstations. Our employees do not seem to be logging off when they leave their shift and others are using their ...
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Account display name on start screen is not updated after active directory update
look at the screen below, this shows start screen from my win 8.1 laptop
I issue started when the domain controller incorrectly entered my last name as Rahul instead of Ruhal. After request to ...
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How do I add a Microsoft account user to Windows Server 2012?
I am managing a small network with a Windows Server 2012 domain controller. I have usernames of the network users who can access various network drives/files.
In the past, I would open up Active ...
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Disabling EFS recovery domain policy on local account
I would like my personal home folder to be protected by EFS without my domain administrator having access.
I setup a separate local account so I can login with my personal microsoft account instead ...
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Login with Microsoft Account instead of Domain Account on Windows 8
Company recently issued me a surface pro 3 with windows 8. I would like to login to my personal microsoft account instead of my company issued domain account. However, after they setup my device, it ...
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Bitlocker disk encryption without admin override
I am a somewhat paranoid CTO exec that just received a Microsoft Surface with Windows 8.1 and I would like to enable disk encryption to protect my information. I know that bitlocker can be enabled to ...
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Is there any trick to join and use Windows 8/8.1 with Samba 4 (4.1.6)?
It seems that Samba doesn't like me at all. I've followed various tutorials and I can't get Windows 8 to work properly with a Ubuntu Server as domain controller. This week i've downloaded ubuntu 14.04 ...
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Windows 8 keeps prompting to change expired password
I am a volunteer doing tech support for a local school. One of the teachers tried to log in today and got a message that his password had expired and must be changed. That's expected, since our ...
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I can't reset an expired password because it is expired. What's next?
The password of my corporate (Active Directory based) account expired this morning. When logging in, I see an error similar to:
Your password has expired and must be changed.
I'm then invited to ...
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Why I can make Windows 8 and 8.1 Pro join domain but can't login after?
Is there any tweak to be done in Windows 8 Pro or Windows 8.1 Pro that makes me be able to login after joining a Samba 4 domain/AD?
All the other machines with Windows 7 even XP are in the domain and ...
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