Re: Windows XP Welcome Screen and NT Server 4.0 Security
- From: "Steven L Umbach" <n9rou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 11:49:10 -0500
OK. Thanks for the explanation. Without knowing a lot more about your whole
user situation and security needs you and the others that make the final
decision will need to decide what is most important - security/centralized
management or user convenience. In Windows XP in a domain the computer by
default will display the last logged on user name if that would be a help.
Also it can help if the user logon name is something really easy to remember
such as their first name and first two or three letters of their last name
or the month/year of their birth etc as in joan03. Hopefully you can make
your case as unless the number of users is really small the benefits of a
domain can be considerable though using NT4.0 - yikes! NT4.0 will greatly
diminish the benefits of XP Pro computers in a domain such as using Group
Policy. There are numerous books on XP Pro and rather than make a
recommendation I suggest that you browse them at your local bookstore to see
what you like as some assume you know nothing and others assume a fairly
large expertise. Also be sure to check out the FREE [they will like that]
Shared Computer Toolkit from Microsoft for XP SP2 if you need to stay in a
workgroup as it can do a LOT to lockdown users. Good luck. --- Steve
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sharedaccess/default.mspx --- Shared
Computer Toolkit. Requires service pack 2.
"Colene Evans-Allen" <ColeneEvansAllen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:FFAE4C88-0E3A-454A-81B2-395BE32EA98C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Okay, hence comes the explaining I was hoping to avoid...( sigh )
I'm currently on a placement through unemployment with the K-W
Multicultural
Centre ( http://www.kwmc.on.ca ) as their Database Analyst/IT Specialist (
read - if it's a computer, it's now my problem! ). I've been charged with
redoing and documenting our network here, by adding a Buffalo Linkstation
to
it, doing all the due diligence/documentation and I realized I still
needed
an NT server for DHCP, Printer Services, and User-Level Security. So, in
the
meantime, my manager has concluded based on experience that the users here
are unable to remember and properly type their user names, hence the
desire
for the Welcome Screen. I want the added protection of Domain security,
and
she'll only let me go to a Domain setup if I can keep the Welcome screen,
so
I guess I just lost that fight :-(
I'm reasonably well versed in Windows 95/98, Windows NT 3.51/4.0 and
Windows
2000 Professional. Haven't worked with much beyond those in my career,
and
so I'm struggling a bit to get a handle on Windows XP and it's logic. No
biggie, my next challenge is installing a new router, because our old one
doesn't have the capacity to handle the demands we put on it. I must
admit,
it's fun in some ways working for a social service agency that doesn't
have
the big bucks to get the latest and greatest.
Thanks for the replies, even if they weren't the news I wanted to hear.
All the best,
Colene Evans-Allen
Database Analyst/IT Specialist
Kitchener-Waterloo Multicultural Centre
Ontario, Canada
"Colene Evans-Allen" wrote:
Hello,
Because I hate wasting time hunting for stuff I may or may not find, I'm
just looking for a quick answer to the following question:
In order to get the Welcome Logon Screen in Windows XP Client computers,
do
I have to use Workgroups, or can I go the Domain Level for User Security
on a
Windows NT 4.0 Server domain? I need to keep the Welcome Screen for
logon
simplicity purposes, but I want Domain Level User security. My boss says
that she can only get the Welcome Screen in Workgroup mode, not domain
mode.
Just a point in a good direction would be helpful, since I know pretty
much
nothing about Windows XP at this point ( I never got past Windows 2k
Professional ).
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
.
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