Imaging laptops

[OliverWaters]

Hello there guys!

 

So basically we have staff laptops that they get to take home, work on etc and have all the required software needed.

 

However when I re-install an image and work around with the AD and finalize it, they can log on locally but nothing seems to be "updating" so to speak.

 

The process of what I do is:

 

Image the laptop (up to date images)

Name it to match what I name on the AD

Add it to the right groups (e.g. smartboard group)

I then connect it to the domain (prompts reboot)

I log on locally (not sure If i can on the domain?) I get the following error WHEN trying to log onto the domain - You cannot log on because the logon method you are using is not allowed on this computer. Please see your network administrator for more information.

 

I then create the local username and password and match whats on the server

For some reason it manages to download a program onto the machine (target tracker) and i can connect to the servers/drives.

 

Does anyone know why programs etc are not downloading? Been stuck on this for almost 3 days..

 

Sorry if this sounds like a newbie question, was shadowing the system admin here but they are currently now on maternity and im on my own.

 

Thanks a bunch, Oliver.

[ITJS2015]

It sounds like your group policy has locked out the user your trying to login to that specific computer within the OU

 

I would move the computer into a blank out with just your default domain policy applied and check to see if you can login that way

[OliverWaters]

Thank you for the reply!

 

I presume I can unlock the user to the specific machine within group policy right?

[OliverWaters]

Also - i've just tried with another account, and I get the same error and problem.

 

The second user doesn't have a desktop he/she logs on to but the first does and can do that perfectly fin, it's just these laptops.

 

Oliver

[ITJS2015]

Is the user in the correct OU where you have your re-directed desktop? do you have your accounts the same member of ?

[OliverWaters]

Yes to both - does it help if i say the problem may have occured when I logged onto the staff laptop using my admin account?

[ITJS2015]

It Sounds like even you have logged in with an admin account that the normal users you have tried logging into is that a group isn't added somewhere to allow access to login

 

You must of locked down this with a gp and not added the Users group to allow to login to your devices. I would look at your GPs and check

 

if that isn't the case then login to the machine with a local account or admin account and add the user with domain\user and see if it added in and then login with it

 

This test will see if it is a local issue or domain issue