NT4 switching from domain to domain? 1

[Pipeline]

Hi.<br><br>I have an NT 4 Workstation laptop that needs to switch between 2 domains.&nbsp;&nbsp;When the laptop is booted, only one domain and the machine-name show up in the domain pull-down-list at initial logon.<br><br>Is there any way to get more than one domain listed there?<br><br>Thanks.

 

[tk36]

The 2 domains have to be trusted for both to show up at log on. I know it's not very helpful.

 

[dxd]

You may want to try deleting the cached domain entry in the registry.....<br><br>These can be found at &gt;HKLM/Software/Micrsoft/WindowsNT/Winlogon<br><br>Delete the Dcache and DcacheUpdate values.<br><br>As stated by tk36, the logon domains should have a trust relationship for this to work. If not, you would have to go to network properties and change domains each time.<br><br>He is a blurb from a MS article that may better explain the process......<br><br>Before the User is Prompted to Logon<br>When an NT Workstation is started, it attempts to validate its Machine Account with the DC from the appropriate Resource Domain via the Discovery process. If the Discovery is successful, a secure channel is created between the NT Workstation and a DC in the Resource Domain. <br>This activity, summarized by the following steps, occurs before the user is presented with the CTRL+ALT+DEL logon screen.<br>&nbsp;1. H-Node clients (default for WINS users) query WINS for Resource Domain &lt;1C&gt; and obtains a list of DCs. M-Node clients will broadcast the query first in order to obtain the DC list.<br>&nbsp;2. The NT Workstation will attempt to resolve a DC name by sending a local netlogon broadcast to Resource Domain &lt;1C&gt; first and then sending netlogon requests serially to the list of Resource Domain DCs obtained from WINS.<br>&nbsp;3. The NT Workstation machine account is validated with the first DC from the Resource Domain to respond back to the logon request.<br>&nbsp;4. The NT Workstation then requests the Resource Domain DC to enumerate the trusted Domain list. The Domain names obtained are displayed as a list in the user’s Logon dialog box.<br>&nbsp;5. Users enter their USERID, select an Account Domain name, and enter their password.<br><br><br><br>dxd