Use process monitor while logged on as the old domain admin, and see where the access violations are.
-ASB: http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker Sent from my Motorola Droid On Feb 8, 2011 2:29 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings! > > This make sense to anyone? > > Dell PWS-390, XP Pro SP3. > > System added to one domain. Later, a second video display (NVS-290 chip) > is added (but by someone logged in as a DomainAdmin). > > A company merger and domain consolidation project later, the old domain > still exists. However, that DomainAdmin account is no longer an admin on > the system in the new domain. > > MONTHS LATER, during a boot, a black screen appears saying the system > cannot recognize what is in a PCI slot. That display no longer works... > > Log in as my self (no elevated privileges), and the display is blank. > Reboot, and the display is still blank. Open Display Properties, and the > card does not show. Open System - DeviceManager, and the card is not > shown (along with a pop-up saying I can't change anything). > > Reboot; log in as local WS admin. In Display Properties, the card does > not appear. In Device Manager, even after scanning for hardware changes, > it is not there. Reboot... > > Login as Domain Admin in current domain. Results exactly the same as for > local admin. Reboot... > > Login using the DomainAdmin account in the old domain. Go to Device > Manager, and I am informed that the account lacks sufficient privileges to > make changes (that is, the Domain Admin for the old domain is no longer an > administrator for the machine in the current domain). Still only one > display card found. Reboot... > > During the reboot, the monitor connected to the missing card comes up > pretty blue. I log in as my self, and all (including a custom wall paper) > is back like it was before the current mess began this morning. > > FWIW, the display (OEM) which remained functional uses an NVS-295 chip. It > can be a serious task installing software for a second NVS- card. However, > it seems to not be necessary if the account which installed the card logs > in and reboots. > > We want this domain to go away. However, apparently if it does, then the > next video display failure WILL require a total re-install (which can take > hours before it succeeds). > > There seem to be hardware settings in that no-longer-an-admin account > registry I can import to that of another user in the current domain. Clues > as to where? > > Thanks! > -- > Richard D. McClary > Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group > ASPCA® > 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 > Urbana, IL 61802 > > [email protected] > > P: 217-337-9761 > C: 217-417-1182 > F: 217-337-9761 > www.aspca.org > > The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is > from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA > ®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may > contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not > the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this > e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email > and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any > printout thereof. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
