Novell Login on XP Pro, want universal Local machine account

[benbeneke]

Hi All,

I have my first XP Pro desktop PC in our Novell network environment. It logs in fine using NW Client v4.83 SP2 but....

I want to set this machine up as a shared machine for everyone in the company.
We have a station where a whole lot of software is installed for which we have only 1 licence and only use occasionally. This is software such as Accurender (3D) which is machine intensive.

I want to be able to lock down the machine but not have to set up 35 local accounts!

Is there a way to set this machine to automatically use a generic local machine account even when the Novell login name and the local machine account name do not match?? and without having to enter a second password?

Any help appreciatted.

Ben Beneke

 

[bcastner]

The ultimate autologon guide to Netware/Windows:

http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10052847.htm

 

[Jontmke]

You can also use the latest Zenworks. It will create the local account and then delete it when a user logs in. A nice feature, I think. If the PC were to be looked at, it would seem like no one has ever logged into it before.

Jon

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