vista and domain security policy while out of office

[flw]

On a Vista laptop that is on a domain with security policies, once off the domain, can I disable or remove the domain security policy?

 

[kmcferrin]

By "off the domain" do you mean "no longer a member" or "disconnected from the network where the domain controllers reside"? If it is no longer a domain member you should be able to undo the settings. If it is still a domain member and is just not connected at the moment, then those settings will still apply. If you have admin rights on the PC you may be able to override the policies, depending upon how they were set.

 

[flw]

I'm Physciallly disconnect from the DC but still a member. Do I only need to disassociate from the DC when disconnected to break policy? I can easily re-associate when I get back to the office.

Then were do I look for the domain policy on a Vista Business local host?

 

[linney]

Any workable solution in this?

Two laptops from same domain are travelling w/o a server to login to..
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