Windows 7 Domain Log On Screen Q?

svan · 13 Dec 2011 at 17:58

Hello All,

The last time I joined a Windows 7 Pro laptop to a network, the network users had to type the name of the computer and there username before they could log on to the domain.

Is there a tweak I can do so that the user just has to type their USERNAME and Password?, like on a Win XP machine?

Thanks in advance for any help and assistance with this

Confused · 13 Dec 2011 at 18:35

Does it not usually default to Domain\UserName ?

And then only if you want to log on a local user account do you logon as PCName\UserName

Deleted member 77746 · 13 Dec 2011 at 18:44

Confused said:
Does it not usually default to Domain\UserName ?

And then only if you want to log on a local user account do you logon as PCName\UserName

Correct, no tweaks needed. Just ensure you stick a sticker on the PC/Laptop with the local user account.

svan · 13 Dec 2011 at 18:56

Yes you are right. Is there a way they can just type their username and logo to the domain?

Cheers again

Svan

Django x2 · 13 Dec 2011 at 19:04

That's what you do do. If the machnie is domain joined, you don't have to prefix it with the domain ie instead of typing domain\lucero, just type, lucero.

At the long on box, under the password, it tells you what domain the computer will log on to (or machine)

wesley · 13 Dec 2011 at 19:09

i tried to logged in as local admin account on domain machine, i had to use hostname\admin

but how to find out its hostname on welcome screen? lol

Deception · 14 Dec 2011 at 08:15

wesley said:
i tried to logged in as local admin account on domain machine, i had to use hostname\admin

but how to find out its hostname on welcome screen? lol

If you have a domain account, I'd log on first and then get PC name, log out and then log back in local account.. Oh and then note down the PC name for future use

mrbios · 14 Dec 2011 at 08:46

Deception said:
If you have a domain account, I'd log on first and then get PC name, log out and then log back in local account.. Oh and then note down the PC name for future use

Or you can click on the button under the logon box that says "how do i logon to another domain?" and it gives you the PC name in there

If you use the username "administrator" windows 7 defaults to the local machine unless you type in the domain name prefix, but if a windows 7 PC is on the domain it should always default to a domain logon for any other account.

EDIT: and if for any reason your PCs aren't defaulting to the domain even though they are domain joined you can set a group policy that will set the default domain for the set of PCs the policy applies to.

oddjob62 · 14 Dec 2011 at 16:25

wesley said:
i tried to logged in as local admin account on domain machine, i had to use hostname\admin

but how to find out its hostname on welcome screen? lol

Type in as .\username and it will log on using local user.

Deception · 14 Dec 2011 at 16:28

oddjob62 said:
Type in as .\username and it will log on using local user.

Didn't know that one, will come in handy sometime