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## Click OK, then Yes to reboot. | ## Click OK, then Yes to reboot. | ||
## When the reboot completes, you should be able to login using your admin account. | ## When the reboot completes, you should be able to login using your admin account. | ||
| − | # Setup the adminpak. Download and install from [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=E487F885-F0C7-436A-A392-25793A25BAD7&displaylang=en here]. | + | # Setup the adminpak. Download and install from [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=E487F885-F0C7-436A-A392-25793A25BAD7&displaylang=en here]. Also go ahead and get all of the R2 updates... http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9BFB44F5-232A-4FB5-BC14-45BFD81B7AC1&displaylang=en Please note that you need to install of these tools on an XP machine -- for some reason, Microsoft hasn't released a Vista happy version of these. |
# Change your admin account password. To do this, find your account using Active Directory Users and Computers. Right click it and choose Reset Password. | # Change your admin account password. To do this, find your account using Active Directory Users and Computers. Right click it and choose Reset Password. | ||
Revision as of 17:10, 24 July 2007
To get started on WOLFTECH, use the following steps:
- Synchronize your password for your regular Unity account. Go to https://sysnews.ncsu.edu/passwd/ and change your password. You can check the password synchronization status of users using the following tool.
- Send me the name of the first computer you plan to add to the domain. I will pre-stage it for you. Then you can join it to the domain using the following procedure:
- Open the System Properties panel (ie right click My Computer and choose Properties).
- Click the Computer Name tab.
- Click the Change button
- Choose the Domain radio button and type "wolftech.ad.ncsu.edu" (do not include the quotes) and click OK. You will be prompted for credentials. Enter your admin username and password.
- Click OK, then Yes to reboot.
- When the reboot completes, you should be able to login using your admin account.
- Setup the adminpak. Download and install from here. Also go ahead and get all of the R2 updates... http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9BFB44F5-232A-4FB5-BC14-45BFD81B7AC1&displaylang=en Please note that you need to install of these tools on an XP machine -- for some reason, Microsoft hasn't released a Vista happy version of these.
- Change your admin account password. To do this, find your account using Active Directory Users and Computers. Right click it and choose Reset Password.