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by strebor77

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I was wondering if there is a way to have a PC log into more than one domain. This would mean that at the Network logon dialog box there would be a drop down window to allow the user to select a domain, wether there would be 1, 2, 3, or more.
I understand that the client would haev to log off and select another domain to be able to access the resources, run a logon script, etc.

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by joseph moore

No. NT/2000 clients can only log into 1 domain at a time.
You could have drive mappings in a single login script that span domains (as long as you have the rights or the login script uses account(s) that do have rights).
But no, you can only choose one domain at a time in the Domain drop-down box to log into.

by strebor77

How do I get the multiple Domains in the Login Dialog Window? This is the Biggest dilema for me right now.

by nardella.lui.n

If the workstation is logging into a 2000 server then you can use the following syntax at the login prompt user@domainname then enter a password; however there are software programs which will allow you to login to different domains have a look at netswitcher

by strebor77

The workstations are logging into a WIN NT Domain. They are WIN2K,, WIN95, adn WIN98. I just need to know hooow to get the Workstations to be able to choose from a drop down list of domains in the Network Login Window.

by coopachi

You cannot log in to more than one domain at a time. Why not setup 2 way trusts. this will give you access to resources in different domains and you only have to log in one time.

by timwalsh

The only way to do this is to create trusts relationships between your domain and the various other domains. If no trust relationship exists, then your domain is essentially unaware that other domains exist. Once the trust relationships with otherdomains are implemented, their names will show up in the domain log-on window.

Make sure you fully understand just what setting up a trust entails (and allows) and all of the ramifications. Just because you have a trust relationship with anotherdomain, does not automatically allow users to access that domain. They still must be given specific permissions to do so.

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