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Set one machine to be the PDC and one to be the Workstation |
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Purpose: | To set up a two machine network domain in order to practice administration of an NT network. |
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Method: | - The boot-up screen gives a series of choices. The machine that will be the PDC should boot with NT Server, and the other machine should boot with NT Workstation.
- Check that the machine has the correct operating system loaded by opening the Command Prompt and use the NET ACCOUNTS command.
 - The other lines on the Net Accounts screen show certain access parameters for all the User Accounts on the domain which will be covered later.
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Log on to the machine as Administrator. |
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Purpose: | To get full rights to modify the operating system of the machine. |
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Method: | - If on to the PDC, then the log-in will give access to the network domain.
- If on the Workstation, the log-in is local only to the Workstation.
- In both instances, the password is "password". The password is case sensitive.
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Workstation: set to default to NT Workstation as the default operating system. |
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Purpose: | So that no user intervention is required to load the Workstation operating system during a system reboot. |
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Method: | - Open the System applet in the Control Panel
- Select the Startup/Shutdown tab.
- In the Startup window, select "NT Workstation 4.0".
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