Lazarus Graveyard

• a workgroup XP Pro computer on the same subnet as a domain controller should be able to ping and be pinged on both ip address and hostname.

   

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• The XP computer will not appear in the DNS namespace of the domain (is there will be no record in the forward lookupzone) and there will be no computer account in active directory as the computer is not domain member.
• server shares can be accessed from the XP workgroup computer using unc paths if domain credentials are supplied
• XP workgroup computer shares can be accessed from the server however there is a local security setting that can be adjusted to allow people to log on as guests or themselves (“Network access: sharing and security model for local accounts”) also under ‘user rights assignment’ in secpol.msc ensure the everyone group is present in “Access this computer from the network” and absent from “deny access to this computer from the network.” Try adding and removing relevant user account from these policies also try enabling netbios over tcp/ip in internet protocol/properties/advanced/wins tab.

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