If you disjoin the domain, nothing changes except it belongs to the "workgroup" or new domain, administrator with privileges will be able to go to old user folders. In addition you can "take ownership of all" right hand mouse on user folder, properties, permissions, advanced, owner, after disjoined from domain. But if you are admin, none of it is necessary. If you don't know admin password, I have files to change, if you cannot disjoin because of Symantec in domain, reinstall windows to another folder "windows2" and all will be there as well and fresh copy of windows as well and is a good route for sometimes annoying things like domain controlled Symantec.
Christian SYSADMIN , among other things. -----Original Message----- From: Mike Copeland [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 21:26 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: NF Windows XP and Domains Thanks Tracy. Mike -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: NF Windows XP and Domains From: Tracy Pearson <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: 1/26/2012 6:11 PM Mike Copeland wrote on 2012-01-26: > Is anyone on the list proficient with Windows Domains? > > I have a client that was set up with > 1 Windows 2008 server providing domain services > 3 Windows XP workstations connecting to the domain > For various reasons, we have deep-sixed the Windows 2008 server and > replaced it with a Linux server. Primarily they did not need and were > getting very frustrated with the hassles of the Windows server+domain > setup. So, it's gone. > > And, all is well except that the workstations keep running into issues > where they want to talk to their domain server...and it's gone. > > My question is: > If I set a Windows XP workstation to no longer use a domain...but to go > the network workgroup route, will the existing data (email, > spreadsheets, etc.) that is available to and physically located on the > WinXP workstation still be avialable if the domain goes away? > > My fear is that the answer is no. > I also suspect that if I try turning off the domain access, that it > won't be turn-back-onable until the Windows 2008 server returns (because > the workstation will want to communicate with the domain master to > establish itself.) > > I've Google this for hours over the last week, read articles until my > eyes are bleeding, and it still isn't clear. Everything I read seems to > assume that you're all-in for domain usage, or not. I can't find > diddly-squat that addresses changing from a domain setup to a non-domain > setup. > > Any one? Any thing? > > Thanks! > Mike, Clone a HDD and test it out! If the user folder changes, you can give ownership to the old user name folder to the specific user, then rename it to what it became. Tracy Pearson PowerChurch Software [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/!&!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAAKs0JnkWFlFInHX9XQaj+aPCgAAAEAAAAE/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
