Re: Rename Workstation Accounts
From: Dale (Dale_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/21/04
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Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 22:09:03 -0700
If users logon to the domain, and they are local admins of the machines, you
can apply
a GPO to an OU that they belong to. For instance I disable a control panel
for my users, and even though they are local admins they can`t access control
panel or my computer properties to rename a machine.
D
"Colin Nash [MVP]" wrote:
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> "Jockel" <Jockel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:37FD9F92-E53E-49CC-A577-5AC6FAE9096A@microsoft.com...
> >I need to prevent users from renaming the XP SP1 workstations. This is
> >only
> > a problem when dealing with users that are in the Local Administrator
> > accounts for other purposes. It is becoming a problem that machines
> > deployed
> > with the standard naming convention are being changed.
> >
> > Environment is XP SP1 workstations migrating from NT4 Resource domains to
> > AD
> > OU's. The units in the AD OU must meet the correct naming convention and
> > the
> > names should not be changed after the move.
> >
> > I cannot take away administrator rights for this group of users. Is there
> > a
> > User right locally or in AD that I am not seeing that would allow me to
> > control this?
>
> If they are admins of the machines, they can rename them.
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> However, you should be able to make it so that if they do this, they will be
> cutting themselves off the domain.
>
> This may be related...
> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/526.asp
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