Hi, Apparently to do anything in Windows 7 I need to login as the account named Administrator, but at the same time I also need to be logged into my domain user account. How can I merge these two accounts together so I can do my job?!?

Ok, how about this. I see an option in security policy to rename the Administrator account. Can I rename to to domain\user?

Didn't work. I am running out of ideas here.

AdrenalineSeed wrote:> Hi,> > Apparently to do anything in Windows 7 I need to login as the account named > Administrator, but at the same time I also need to be logged into my domain user > account. How can I merge these two accounts together so I can do my job?!? That's not even vaguely possible, and if you knew enough about the OS and network security to safely use an Administrator account, you'd know that. What, precisely, are you trying to accomplish? Your best course of action would be to consult your IT department/domain administrator for assistance.-- Bruce ChambersHelp us help you:http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.htmlhttp://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin FranklinMany people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand RussellThe philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.~ Denis Diderot

Bruce, In Windows XP we have rights to do things. I do not see why I would want to take those rights way from my users. I can no longer place files on the C: drive, I can't run any custom HTA programs that our entire company needs to use on a daily basis, I can't edit web.config files directly in their folder, etc, etc, etc. There is no problem with a user have full rights over their own workstation. Telling you that you need to click OK to continue your action is like locking your door and taping a key to the front of it.

Someone gave me a decent work around on another forum. If you drag any program, shortcut, or text file, whatever to the Run Prompt it will run as administrator. So I guess I just gotta get all my users to stop getting used to having shortcuts they can simply click on and from now on it will be click and drag. I can't understand how its possible to run as administrator by doing this work around but Microsoft says NO. "You can't directly run as administrator by default. We want you to get carpal tunnel so you will buy our natural equipment."

AdrenalineSeed wrote:> Bruce,> > In Windows XP we have rights to do things. I do not see why I would want to take > those rights way from my users. I can no longer place files on the C: drive, I > can't run any custom HTA programs that our entire company needs to use on a > daily basis, I can't edit web.config files directly in their folder, etc, etc, > etc. There is no problem with a user have full rights over their own > workstation. Telling you that you need to click OK to continue your action is > like locking your door and taping a key to the front of it. Again, contact your IT Department and/or Domain Administrator. Those trained professionals, whose job is to support your employer and users, will know how to make the legacy applications work and help the users get their jobs done without completely compromising your network integrity and security, and without leaving your employer wide open to all sorts of industrial espionage and sabotage.-- Bruce ChambersHelp us help you:http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.htmlhttp://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin FranklinMany people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand RussellThe philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.~ Denis Diderot

Hi,To migrate a local profile to a domain profile, please refer to the following article:Migrate local to domain profilesThanks,Novak