Renaming a computer in windows 2003 Server.

I attempted to add a loaner laptop to my domain. I assumed that the original
'Administrator' account was on the laptop. The new user account and domain
was created on the laptop. However, the computer was added under a different
name to the domain on the server. However, the laptop itself was not
renamed. Therefore, I am unable to logon to the laptop. I believe if I can
rename the computer on the server I will be able to gain access to the laptop
within the domain. Can anyone help with this?
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Sylvia

Hi

Are you talking about renaming the computer account within AD , What do you
mean by "However, the computer was added under a different name to the domain
on the server"???

If you disonnect the machine from the neetwork and try logging on the domain
account does it use cached credentials and allow you to logon, if so remove
and rejoin the machine to the domain to create a comuter account with AD for
the correct name of the notebook

Your issue needs some clarifying if the above is not what you are asking

regards

S

Sylvia wrote:
>I attempted to add a loaner laptop to my domain. I assumed that the original
>'Administrator' account was on the laptop. The new user account and domain
>was created on the laptop. However, the computer was added under a different
>name to the domain on the server. However, the laptop itself was not
>renamed. Therefore, I am unable to logon to the laptop. I believe if I can
>rename the computer on the server I will be able to gain access to the laptop
>within the domain. Can anyone help with this?


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I cannot login to the laptop. If I create a computer in the domain with the
same name as the laptop, the computer is active in WINS. However, I am
unable to login under the new domain user account. The domain user account
that was created on that laptop is under a different name. The issue is that
I am unable to logon to the laptop, either as a workstation or as part of the
domain. The name of the laptop on the laptop is different from the name on
the server. Is this clearer?
--
Sylvia


"Pscyime via WinServerKB.com" wrote:

> Hi
>
> Are you talking about renaming the computer account within AD , What do you
> mean by "However, the computer was added under a different name to the domain
> on the server"???
>
> If you disonnect the machine from the neetwork and try logging on the domain
> account does it use cached credentials and allow you to logon, if so remove
> and rejoin the machine to the domain to create a comuter account with AD for
> the correct name of the notebook
>
> Your issue needs some clarifying if the above is not what you are asking
>
> regards
>
> S
>
> Sylvia wrote:
> >I attempted to add a loaner laptop to my domain. I assumed that the original
> >'Administrator' account was on the laptop. The new user account and domain
> >was created on the laptop. However, the computer was added under a different
> >name to the domain on the server. However, the laptop itself was not
> >renamed. Therefore, I am unable to logon to the laptop. I believe if I can
> >rename the computer on the server I will be able to gain access to the laptop
> >within the domain. Can anyone help with this?
>
>
> --
> Message posted via WinServerKB.com
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>
>

Nope, not clear. WINS has nothing to do with authentication. User and
computer accounts are not the same and used for different purposes.

1) Did you successfully join your laptop to the domain or not?

If yes, just login to the laptop using account that has administrative
privileges in a domain (for example, member of Domain Admins group), and
simply rename the computer.
If not, you need to join it to the domain correctly (or disjoin, if it was
joined with errors), before fixing anything else.

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Dmitry Korolyov [(E-Mail Removed)]
MVP: Windows Server - Directory Services


"Sylvia" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I cannot login to the laptop. If I create a computer in the domain with
>the
> same name as the laptop, the computer is active in WINS. However, I am
> unable to login under the new domain user account. The domain user
> account
> that was created on that laptop is under a different name. The issue is
> that
> I am unable to logon to the laptop, either as a workstation or as part of
> the
> domain. The name of the laptop on the laptop is different from the name
> on
> the server. Is this clearer?
> --
> Sylvia
>
>
> "Pscyime via WinServerKB.com" wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Are you talking about renaming the computer account within AD , What do
>> you
>> mean by "However, the computer was added under a different name to the
>> domain
>> on the server"???
>>
>> If you disonnect the machine from the neetwork and try logging on the
>> domain
>> account does it use cached credentials and allow you to logon, if so
>> remove
>> and rejoin the machine to the domain to create a comuter account with AD
>> for
>> the correct name of the notebook
>>
>> Your issue needs some clarifying if the above is not what you are asking
>>
>> regards
>>
>> S
>>
>> Sylvia wrote:
>> >I attempted to add a loaner laptop to my domain. I assumed that the
>> >original
>> >'Administrator' account was on the laptop. The new user account and
>> >domain
>> >was created on the laptop. However, the computer was added under a
>> >different
>> >name to the domain on the server. However, the laptop itself was not
>> >renamed. Therefore, I am unable to logon to the laptop. I believe if I
>> >can
>> >rename the computer on the server I will be able to gain access to the
>> >laptop
>> >within the domain. Can anyone help with this?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Message posted via WinServerKB.com
>> http://www.winserverkb.com/Uwe/Forum...rking/200508/1
>>
>>