Ars Technica

Resetting local admin account on a domain

OK, I know you used to be able to do this on a domain prior to a patch to 2003. Yet I can't for the life of me seem to find a recommended/supported means of doing this now. At least not in a 2008R2 or ...
Ars Technica

Can't Logon to the Child Domain with Enterprise Admin Account

I have a parent domain and 2 child domains. Normally, I use administrator to logon to all three domains, but I need to delegate this to another user.<BR><BR>So, here's what I did.<BR>1 - Create a user ...
TechRepublic

Protect domain-joined computer passwords with Windows’ Local Administrator Password Solution

Protect domain-joined computer passwords with Windows’ Local Administrator Password Solution Your email has been sent Windows finally includes a tool to manage ...
Computerworld

Hands on: Setting up Mac OS X Open Directory

Open Directory, Mac OS X’s native directory service, allows users to both manage local accounts and to create shared directory domains hosted by Mac OS X Server. With shared directory domains, ...
CSOonline

A look inside the Microsoft Local Administrator Password Solution

Windows administrators have a problem — passwords. Specifically, administrator passwords that lurk out there, identical across machines, just ready to be compromised. But there is finally a solution ...