Adding new user to a Domain

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greg
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Adding new user to a Domain

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1) Add user on domain server.

2) Logon as administrator on local machine.

3) Start/Settings/Network Connections
- On the menu bar, select 'Advanced'/Network Identification.
- Click the 'Change' button.
- Give the computer a name consistant with the other workstations on the network.
- reboot
- Go to same dialog box and change from workgroup to domain (Note: no need to type '.local')
- Look at the login from another machine or the server to determine the domain name.
- It will prompt for network admin passwd
- reboot.

4) Login to local machine as administrator
- Control panel/Users
- Add the above user as a new user on the local machine
- Type in the username and Domain
- Make this user an administrator of the local machine

5) Reboot and login as the new user on the domain.

This method will insure that the user is lopgged into the domain as a normal user, this user is also an administrator on the local machine. This will alow them to install software, printers, etc.
Greg Marlett
Forum Site Administrator
Pelstar Computer Systems
gmarlett@pelstar.com
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