Day: December 25, 2011

Why you should not run your computer as an administrator Running your computer as a member of the Administrators group makes the system vulnerable to Trojan horses and other security risks. The simple act of visiting an Internet site or opening an e-mail attachment can be damaging to the system. An unfamiliar Internet site or e-mail attachment may have Trojan horse code that can be downloaded to the system and executed. If you are logged on as an administrator of a local computer, a Trojan horse could reformat your hard drive, delete your files, and create a new user account […]

Local and Domain Default Groups Updated: April 28, 2009 Applies To: Windows SBS 2003, Windows SBS 2008, Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Foundation, Windows Server 2008 R2 Default groups are created when you install Windows client or server operating systems and Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domains. Domain member computers and stand-alone computers have default local groups that are created automatically in their local security accounts database. Domain controllers are an exception: they use the central Active Directory […]

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2 Netdom.exe: Windows Domain Manager This command-line tool enables administrators to manage Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 domains and trust relationships from the command line. You can use NetDom to: Join a Windows XP Professional-based computer to a Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.0 domain. Provide an option to specify the organizational unit for the computer account. Generate a random computer password for initial join. Manage computer accounts for domain member workstations and member servers. Management operations […]