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Prevent Multiple Login on Windows 2000

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by rkent_it

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I have a LAN network. I want to prevent users from logging on with the same account on more than one computer. The OS that is running is Windows 2000 Proffessional.

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by drfox

If you go into User Manager you are able to restrict each user so that they are only able to log in to specified workstations.

Within Windows NT 4 select the user and then Logon, type the name of the workstations you wish that user to be able to access.

Not entirely suer how it is done on 2000 as I do not have access to a Windows 2000 server. May be different may be in a similar format. Sorry.

regards

David.

by donalda-m

The above solution will work, but only if you also are willing to restrict the user to one particular workstation. The best solution I have seen can be found at the following address: http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBA/tip0200/rh0296.htm

The instructionsseem very clear, and include a second option for accomplishing this, with pros and cons. NT has NO built-in facility for doing this. As I recall, Novell does, or did at one time.

by donalda-m

p.s. The solution above DOES NOT limit the user to one particular workstation, just to one login on the system at a time.

by shmaltz

You can also remove from the local WIN2K computers user and group manager the domain users group and only add the user you want to be able to access that computer.
To do that open up computer manager (You dont have to go to each workstation you canchoose connect from any workstation and connect to the computer you want to change the settings, provided you have administrative rights) double click on the local user and groups double click groups now remove the domain user global group from all the local groups, then add to the users group the user/s you want that should be able to log on to that computer (if you add your users as standard user to each computer they logon then you will also have to add that user to the power user group).

by michaeltubs

Within NT4 and Windows 2000 you can select who can login locally. The previous answers are also valid but if you only allow a particular user to log on locally as well as Domain Admins you restrict the PC usage and are still able to maintain as an administrator. This is how my own network pc is set. This is in user manager in NT4 and in the corresponding Aadministration tools in 2000

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