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The user will need to be in the account operators group on the domain to join domain / rename computer. Power User Group will allow them to use add/remove programs and it should prevent them from browsing other users' profiles. Definitely test to see if you get all of the results you want, but this should get you pretty dang close.

As a geek, I know it is always fun to try to "Do the best with what I have", but in this instance I would get a new server. (Whether or not you feel you absolutely need it) For one, budgets change, if they can afford it today, they may or may not be able to afford it tomorrow when you absolutely need it. Your application will surely run better on a new box, and I'm sure there is a project out there you've always wanted to do, but never had an extra server for.... now's your chance. Also, like previously stated, you do not want your day to day operations running on a server that is end of life. With a new server this won't be the case.

Another thumbs down for Oki here. We have multiple OKI C5300 and I believe one C5400. Constant stuggles with toner carts not being recognized or new carts being recognized as empty or low. We have also have had problems in the past with some of them randomly switching there IP Config to DHCP instead of Static, leaving users wondering where there print jobs are going. I have had good experiences in the past with both HP and Ricoh.

There might be a local policy at work here. Fire up gpedit.msc and check on: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Logon There should be an option to "Always wait for network on computer startup/shutdown"

We use GPO with loopback that runs a simple login script..... something like this: Option Explicit Dim network rem maps printer Set Network = CreateObject("Wscript.Network") Network.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\ServerName\PrintShareName" rem this next line makes a default printer Network.SetDefaultPrinter "\\ServerName\PrintShareName" Hope that's helpful.

The Asus UL30VT is probably what you want...... [ame=http://www.amazon.com/UL30Vt-X1-Light-13-3-Inch-Laptop-Battery/dp/B002XZLURC]Amazon.com: ASUS UL30Vt-X1 Thin and Light 13.3-Inch Black Laptop (11 Hours of Battery Life): Computer & Accessories[/ame] You can buy configurations with the i3 and i5 processors I THINK.... (Might be wrong though) It also has switchable graphics, meaning that you can press a function key to switch between your integrated graphics and your NVidia G210M.

I have done that and the Names of groups are not common. They're: schoolname_students

We have a successful implementation of the magic triangle within our district.... Sort of. We ARE able to manage AD user accounts when they are imported into a group in workgroup manager, however we ARE NOT able to manage AD groups when they are imported into a new group in workgroup manager. Has anyone else encountered this? Everything else works great, users can login with AD credentials, there network home automatically mounts, but we are not able to manage them based on there AD Group. If I add a specific user account to that group, login as them, the management settings apply fine. With the size of our district it is not realistic for us to add each user account into specific groups. Any help would be much appreciated, and if I did not provide enough information let me know and I can get that out quickly.