moving domain to new OS?

I just received my XPP downgrade disks because vista has proven to be unreliable to me. It has given me random BSOD's while taking notes in my law classes and cannot risk this reliability come exam time. Anyway, my school uses a domain for the internet+printers+email, and I'd like to do a fresh OS and put the domain on XPP. The school won't give me the password for it, and everytime I've taken my laptops in there to get put into the domain, despite me requesting them not to, they put on Mcafee +adaware and it takes them 3-4 days to do it and I'm sick of it.

cliffs: can I move my domain on vista to XPP by myself? Thanks!

-Rich

 

You have to zone to domain again in XP, did you get the domain working in vista??? Because if you did, you should have an account on the server, which let you access to the network.

 

the school put me into the domain... i dropped it off and they put me in it. my current OS is vista business, and Im going to XPP.

 

They can't put you in if that's your computer. Before you log into windows you have 2 options, either log into the domail or the computer. You should have a username and password if you log into the school domain before.

 

You can ask the domain admins to reset your computer account in the active directory, citing some weird tech issue that dropped you out of domain. Then any user should be able to rejoin under XP or any version of Windows under your original computer name. Unless they removed that ability from normal users.

 

Wow, Rich are you in college or Grade School? You are sure being treated like a Grade Schooler!!

The "Father Knows Best" types at your school don't even trust you with the login info for the domain!! Plus they know what antivirus and spam blocker they want on your computer!! Good luck getting around this mentality.

That being said, try having an attractive female classmate take your computer in. My stepdaughter always got quick help from the computer lab guys at her college. (Wonder why)

 

Tell me about it...I pay 30k a year to go to a private law school and they STILL put stuff on MY laptop despite specific instructions otherwise. The guy up there knows me personally because I've done 2 fresh reinstalls of vista since December. They did give me the domain password during orientation 2 years ago, but of course I forgot it. (knowing them they changed it anyway)I might beg him to give it to me so I can leave him alone. Otherwise, I'm gonna demand to sit there while they do it, and wait until they "get around to it".

edit: They know my laptop because I'm about 99% sure I have the only x61s here. I've seen one x60 but thats it. Most kids have the Dell they "require" you to have, which I have sitting in my office.

 

Also question for you all...I asked Lenovo for an OEM XPP cd and they sent me 6 recovery disks for $50. I called them today and they claimed there is nothing on the CD's except the OS and the drivers. Is this true? I have a Dell OEM disk here I can use, but then I'd have to DL the drivers. Any experience with the 6 recovery disks? I dont want Norton on this computer or any of the other crap they give us...

 

Dude it you school network they own they want laptop jion they domain to be secure live with it they network they terms of useing the network

they network acess polilcy problay even has something about that am sure

if you don,nt want be able to jion they network and do you work then acept

if not live with out be able to do you work do you need acess to some spefic resource on network ie share printer file share exchange etc? internet ?

Then you just go to have to acept they term of use they network hence them load software on machine

 

the network isnt even secure...anyone can come into the school and use it. I use domain to use outlook, the occasional wireless printing, and for exam uploading. Them putting on anti virus is worthless if they dont secure their own connection. Any hacker could come on there and access about 800 kids' laptops + professors. Plus, I can access the email from their homepage, so I really only use it for wireless printing + exams.

 

When you log into the school domain, you log into your account on the school server, if nothing has been changed I believe it's there. Now you just join the domain again and it should work.

 

if you not use for file share you cound problay just broswer to you server under network on xp and click server and it will ask you for login your problay end up type more if you not jion to you domain but you can problay do what you want with out be signed in