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by waltknochjr

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We have a Novell 4.11 network along side of a Microsofe Windows Network. I have a pc on the network running Win2k Pro and the computer name is Chad. However, when I check the Internet access log (Orbitnet 4) it shows that computer connecting as admin. Device Manager shows the computer name and Chad and under Documents and Settings the only user is Chad. He always logs in as chad, so where is admin comming from?

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by emutamba

My be the admin profile has been renamed to Chad
but the system sees it as admini as it has admin features

by waltknochjr

I checked and Chad is a member of the poweruser group. I have other users who are members of the administrator group and they show up in the log as their computer names.

by emutamba

Maybe the admin profile has been renamed to Chad
but the system sees it as admini as it has admin features

by reference

Have you checked the 'Network Identification' tab?
riht click 'my computer' click 'properties'...
look at full computer name, see if admin shows up as part of the computer name, also click on 'properties' tab, and check computer name there, and lastly, click on 'more' tab, and check Primary DNS suffix name and NetBios name

by reference

In your problem description you stated that under Docs and Settings, you ONLY see a profile for Chad, if this is correct, then I think the user that suggested that the administrator account has been renamed to chad might be on the right track.
Whena win2k system is build, the administrator account is created automatically...and it CAN be renamed, but theoretically the system would still look at it as the original administrator account.
It's a thought......

by waltknochjr

I don't think that is the case, for a couple of reasons. I have another computer that I renamed myself from walt to waltold and it is doing similar. It shows up in the Internet log as walt (the computer's old name). Also, I did a little more looingat Chad's computer. It is weird. One hardrive partitioned as C:, D:, and E:. Under Documents on E: I found the accounts for Administrator, All Users, and Chad.

by lizzy

I have been following your question and I think that what you have to do is remove the PC account from the domain on the server and then re-add it. I think that the PC that is having the problem cannot be logged on when this is done. Once done, you should manually synchronize from the server. Then after all replication is done, say 1 hour for good measure, log back on to the server with the PC Chad. We have to call the domain admin here to do this if we image a new PC for a user--their PC name would remain the same. Please keep posting comments so that we can see what solved this for you. Hope this helps.

by waltknochjr

The server does not have a domain. It is Novell 4.11. We do not add PC's, just users login/password. They can loging on any PC.

by lizzy

Yes, but you said:
"along side of a Microsofe Windows Network"

Have you checked to see what protocols are installed on the offending PC and what are on the other PC's?

Is this PC the only Win2k Pro Workstation? You may have to create a localworkstation account for Chad and let that account be a member of Local Admins, but for his Workgroup or network account, make that one only a power user member on the local workstation. There must also be the original Admin account on the workstation and it shouldn't be Chad.

Hope this helps. Please post the solution to this problem, it's very interesting.

by waltknochjr

I have not solved this, but you prompted me to check some things that I found needed fixed. I guess I am not familiar enough with the different aspects of of either the Windows Network or the OrbitNet to figure this one out. Thanks for the help.
Walt

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