Long story short, I'm trying to lock down my workstation to keep mischief out (windows 7 on a windows domain). Encrypting the HDD (bitlocker) prevents people from slaving the drive or booting into a ...

In Microsoft Windows terminology, a domain is a group of networked computers and resources managed by an Active Directory server. Businesses typically use Active Directory domains to manage logins and ...

For one reason or the other, you may want to delete a domain user profile or account on a Windows 11/10 PC – for example, you may have a laptop that was used temporarily that you want to repurpose for ...

In Windows XP Home Edition, there are two basic types of local user accounts (in addition to the guest account): administrators and limited users. With XP Pro, things get a bit more complicated. Users ...

If you leave a company and your personal computer is connected to the company's domain, you can leave the domain to join a Workgroup provided that you're directly connected to the domain and that you ...

I need to take a running windows desktop box that's part of a domain, give it a new computer name, and then continue working on it (with the box having the new name), without having to reboot at all.

Transferring data from your old computer to the new one is not such an easy affair. While the cloning tools will transfer the data, they may fail to back up the user profile and the domain settings. A ...

It's not always the best idea to create Active Directory users from scratch. Chances are, your company has a standard "template" of attributes that are set for every domain user. If so, why are you ...

Windows finally includes a tool to manage local admin passwords, but admins will still need to do some work to make it useful. Image: Ivan/Adobe Stock. One of the best ways to defend your network is ...

Microsoft says Windows domain join processes may fail with "0xaac (2732)" errors after applying this month's security updates. The issue stems from hardening changes introduced when addressing the CVE ...