Two partition but...

[JohnSmith1]

Hi all,

I have a very awkward situation. I don't if anyone came cross of this matter
before.

I have partitioned the hard disk of the clients computer to install two Win
XP in each partition. After that I loaded image onto each partition. The
problem I face is that if I make one of the partition (let's say partition
called staff) join the domain manually then users can log on the clien
machine successfully but other partition(let's say partition called student)
will not allow the users to access the PC. If I join the other (student)
partition manually domain then previous (staff) partition will not allow user
to access.

Have you ever come cross of this problem? What might be the reason? Any and
every help is welcomed.

 

[Dave Patrick]

The two installs must have different computer names and SIDs. Starting the
second install up is breaking the trust.



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"JohnSmith1" wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a very awkward situation. I don't if anyone came cross of this
> matter
> before.
>
> I have partitioned the hard disk of the clients computer to install two
> Win
> XP in each partition. After that I loaded image onto each partition. The
> problem I face is that if I make one of the partition (let's say partition
> called staff) join the domain manually then users can log on the clien
> machine successfully but other partition(let's say partition called
> student)
> will not allow the users to access the PC. If I join the other (student)
> partition manually domain then previous (staff) partition will not allow
> user
> to access.
>
> Have you ever come cross of this problem? What might be the reason? Any
> and
> every help is welcomed.

 

[Pegasus [MVP]]

"JohnSmith1" wrote in message
news:955FC3F9-80F2-4E80-9388-807865A3DE41@microsoft.com...
> Hi all,
>
> I have a very awkward situation. I don't if anyone came cross of this
> matter
> before.
>
> I have partitioned the hard disk of the clients computer to install two
> Win
> XP in each partition. After that I loaded image onto each partition. The
> problem I face is that if I make one of the partition (let's say partition
> called staff) join the domain manually then users can log on the clien
> machine successfully but other partition(let's say partition called
> student)
> will not allow the users to access the PC. If I join the other (student)
> partition manually domain then previous (staff) partition will not allow
> user
> to access.
>
> Have you ever come cross of this problem? What might be the reason? Any
> and
> every help is welcomed.

You write: ". . .to install two Win XP in each partition." This makes four
WinXP installations on the one machine! That's a lot of operating systems
for a single machine and is likely to create a maintenance nightmare.

About your problem: I suspect that you used the same computer name for each
of your installations. If you select different names, e.g. Accounts1,
Accounts2, Accounts3 and Accounts4 then you should not have a problem
joining each installation to the domain and retain the connection.