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Questions tagged [workstation-management]

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What causes a workstation to lose trust with the domain controller?

I've received the error several times on Windows 7 Workstations and Laptops where it loses trust with the domain controller, and I know how to fix it, but why does it do that?
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Can a single computer running two virtual machines be operated simultaneously by two users, each sandboxed in one of the virtual machines?

If you have one computer, is it possible to simulate having multiple computers - each being tied to it's own monitor/keyboard/mouse? For example: Assuming I have a single computer running two instances of DamnSmallLinux using virtualbox, and it's…
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Best Open Source or Freeware Malware/Spyware/Antivirus with centralized management?

What are the best Malware/Spyware/Antivirus solutions? Several requirements for the solution: Open Source or Freeware Centralized Management Reporting and Remote Installation Think spybot / malwarebytes / highjackthis for business. I am not…
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What's the best method for transfering files and settings to a new computer?

In trying to replace a workstation with newer one it's always a pain to get the user's files and settings to the new computer. I've tried the following with varying levels of success. FAST (Files And Settings Transfer)…
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Add a "Workstation Administrators" to local Administrators group on domain join

Is there a good way to solve the following? Domain has an AD security group called "Workstation Administrators", for users that should not be domain admins, but should have local administrative control over all workstations in the…
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Removing and joining workstations to AD

When removing and re-joining a workstation from and to AD, are there any drawbacks from dis-joining it from AD, without deleting the AD object, and re-joining it back? Please detail.
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Should workstations be shut off at night?

Related to this but different enough so that I think it deserves its own question. I'm the sysadmin of a small business, and by 'sysadmin', I mean 'by the seat of my pants' (still in university, not a lot of real-world experience, etc). I'm not…
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How do I pick a UPS for a graphics rendering machine?

This is a SuperMicro station very heavy on video processing, with 4 hard disks and a 26" monitor. It has two AMD Firepro graphic cards and two 1400W Supermicro reduntant PSUs. I understand the actual usage won't be 1400W, so how can I pick the…
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open source asset tracking auditing for servers and workstations

need something quick and free for both domain based and workgroup based auditing of pc's and their hardware. all i want is hdd size, cpu and memory. doesn't have to be pretty just easy to deploy on the network. if an agent is required no big…
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System File Checker vs Service Pack Reinstall

When trying to repair slow workstations, I've found that running sfc /scannow helps quite a lot in a few of my environments running really old computers. I've also seen recommendations of reinstalling the last service pack after software…
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Unable to remove deployed printers from workstations via GPO

I have about 40 printers which are were deployed in old method (GPO - user - deployed printers) Each printer have a security group in Permissions tab users whom can use it. For now i have a problem that some printers appeares at workstations where…
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Active Directory - User profile/workstation administration without file-service access - Best practice

We are a small company with 15 users which is now setting up its first Active Directory (1 machine with Windows Server 2016 Essentials). I am unsure how to setup a secure environment for my situation in regards of workstation maintenance (and I am…
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How to set if a computer in AD is assigned to a particular user?

We have computers that are renamed every time a new employee shows up. This causes a lot of work unnecessary work for the IT department. Now while it isn't always true 100% of the time that each user MUST use the same computer all the time, it's…
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small business 10 workstation network mess

Fellow friends, I am in a dire need for help. I have gotten myself in a situation where I am expected to take care of small business computer network. Little background: I'm in sales/marketing sector in company, and because I'm on help desk-level of…
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Credential Provider showing incorrect tiles

EDIT: Turns out I was probably overthinking this. See answer below. This may or may not be better on SuperUser, it's regarding issues with a few workstations failing to cleave to the Enterprise standard. All references here are to Win7 Professional…
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