Long story short, I'm trying to lock down my workstation to keep mischief out (windows 7 on a windows domain). Encrypting the HDD (bitlocker) prevents people from slaving the drive or booting into a ...

I posted this on Forensit's support forum as well, but I thought I would post it here as well in case you guys have experienced something similar. I have used Forensit's user profile wizard in the ...

We all love our Active Directory domains. Being able to provide single sign-on authentication for users and computers is great. It's a secure solution that saves a ton of time -- cutting out the ...

In Microsoft Windows terminology, a domain is a group of networked computers and resources managed by an Active Directory server. Businesses typically use Active Directory domains to manage logins and ...

In Windows XP Home Edition, there are two basic types of local user accounts (in addition to the guest account): administrators and limited users. With XP Pro, things get a bit more complicated. Users ...

Transferring data from your old computer to the new one is not such an easy affair. While the cloning tools will transfer the data, they may fail to back up the user profile and the domain settings. A ...

For one reason or the other, you may want to delete a domain user profile or account on a Windows 11/10 PC – for example, you may have a laptop that was used temporarily that you want to repurpose for ...

Use PowerShell to shave time off routine tasks like renaming computers. Here are some commands to try. Occasionally it may become necessary to rename a computer in an Active Directory environment.

It's not always the best idea to create Active Directory users from scratch. Chances are, your company has a standard "template" of attributes that are set for every domain user. If so, why are you ...

Microsoft says Windows domain join processes may fail with "0xaac (2732)" errors after applying this month's security updates. The issue stems from hardening changes introduced when addressing the CVE ...