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by llopezpacfab

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I have XP Pro on a laptop and have the domain login screen come up when Ctrl-Alt-Del is pressed.
When you type in your user ID and password for NT 4.0 or 2000 and you have the domain ID and not the computer selected, and your laptop is not connected to the domain they give an error stating the domain is not present. I have been able to type in my user ID and password and domain in the logon and get into the laptop. I go to the users icon in control panel and my user ID is not there. Does anyone know how this can happen? and how do I fix it so that if you are not phisically attached to the network you can't log in

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by timwalsh

This is a group policy setting.

Go to Control Panel | Administrative Tools | Local Security Policy.

Browse to Security Settings\Local Policies\ Security Options. You are looking for the policy titled "Number of previous logons to cache (in case domain controller is not available)." The default for this setting is 10. Changing the setting to 0 tells thcomputer to NOT cache previous logons.

NOTE: This policy can be set at both the local (computer) level and at the domain level. If there is a difference in settings between the local computer and the domain, the domain setting will override.

by gigelul

-When you log on to the domain and your laptop psihicaly is not attached to the network this error is normal (domain is not present).
-Users account can be a local account and you can see these accounts in User Manager. These accounts are used for local log in (computer name selected).
-Users accounts can be a domain account which is used with domain name to log in to network. These accounts don't exists in local User Manager.
-Depends on you (if you have local Admin rights) to add in local User Manager the same user account as domain account.
-Generaly when your laptop is not attached to network you must use a local user account (log in with computer name).
Hope this help you.

by llopezpacfab

Thank you
Normally I would not have my domain showing, Its just that I forgot to change it to the local and found that this happened. It was no problem to the system but it sure was a curiosity question
thanks again

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