Hide Domain - logon

[tebbisch]

I have recently moved all AD users to a new domain and would like to stop all clients and students seeing the old domain in the logon dialogue box i.e. I want to force the client/students to logon onto the new domain. I do not want to terminate the old domain until the during the school vacation.

Thanks in advance.

 

[vbrocks]

Just disable all user accounts in the old domain....

 

[tebbisch]

Many thanks for your suggestion. But I wish to hide the old domain i.e. so that students do not see the domain in the W2K welcome/dialogue box.

 

[ChrisRAnthony]

You can prevent the name being displayed by using a registry setting. HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVerion\Winlogon. Under there you will find various entries relating to the Default Domain and the user name. If you change the entry for DontDisplayLastUserName from a 0 (zero) to a 1 (one) then the user name will not be displayed. I would suggest that you backup this part of the registry before making any changes.

 

[tebbisch]

Many thanks again, but I wish to hide the domain not the user. Any help would be appreciated as the students keep trying to use the old domain.

 

[vbrocks]

Have you tried changing the ip addresses of the old domain to another subnet.....
In effect seperating the two domains....

 

[WorldOfJohnboy]

I have experienced the same issue at my site, however, I have been told by pretty much all the experts I know that it is impossible if your old NT Domain is Trusted by the AD Domain. If you remove the trust, then you should be ok.

 

[WorldOfJohnboy]

Also, please remember to check out what removing a trust will do to your Domains... removing a Trust is not for the light hearted, unless the removed domain is no longer used. (You could always re-add the trust later.)