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network access unexplained Chloe24 09-21-2007
Posted by =?Utf-8?B?Q2hsb2UyNA==?= on September 21, 2007, 1:06 pm
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I have 8 classroom computers that i connect wirelessly to the network after
each class so Microsoft update can run, and i can perform other general
maintenance on the machines. I map a drive to one of our servers during this
process and use my admin account on the server to authenticate. When I am
finished, I disconnect the wireless lan adapter so that during class, the
computers are physically disconnected from the network.

All the computers use a local user account, which does not have a password,
and the computers boot to the desktop for that user. This user is an
administrator account, because the software we are running requires this. All
8 are running XP Professional.

Here is the mystery: When I connect the lan adapter and start the computers,
two of these computers, of the 8 total, can access the network shares with
my user account ( i can tell it is my admin account because if i open a file
on the server and look at open files on the server, i can see that my account
is used) before i map a drive or do anything else to authenticate with my
account.

How is this happening? Have run virus scanners and the Base Security
analyzer.

Has anyone encountered this? How can I find out how Windows is
authenticating the connection?

Thanks

Posted by on September 23, 2007, 11:39 am
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Your credentials are likely cached in the local user profile. On the
two computers that can access your account, logon as a different user
account (with local Administrators access). Remove the local user
profile. Log off and back on as the local user. A new default profile
will be generated. See if you can access the shares from this account
with the new profile.

Regards,

J Wolfgang Goerlich

> I have 8 classroom computers that i connect wirelessly to the network after
> each class so Microsoft update can run, and i can perform other general
> maintenance on the machines. I map a drive to one of our servers during this
> process and use my admin account on the server to authenticate. When I am
> finished, I disconnect the wireless lan adapter so that during class, the
> computers are physically disconnected from the network.
>
> All the computers use a local user account, which does not have a password,
> and the computers boot to the desktop for that user. This user is an
> administrator account, because the software we are running requires this. All
> 8 are running XP Professional.
>
> Here is the mystery: When I connect the lan adapter and start the computers,
> two of these computers, of the 8 total, can access the network shares with
> my user account ( i can tell it is my admin account because if i open a file
> on the server and look at open files on the server, i can see that my account
> is used) before i map a drive or do anything else to authenticate with my
> account.
>
> How is this happening? Have run virus scanners and the Base Security
> analyzer.
>
> Has anyone encountered this? How can I find out how Windows is
> authenticating the connection?
>
> Thanks



Posted by =?Utf-8?B?Q2hsb2UyNA==?= on September 28, 2007, 1:27 pm
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thanks for your help.
it turned out to be the "remember my password" box. At one point, I
inadvertantly checked this box when I accessed the network from the student
user account. I was able to remove the credentials in Control Panel, User.

"jwgoerlich@gmail.com" wrote:

> Your credentials are likely cached in the local user profile. On the
> two computers that can access your account, logon as a different user
> account (with local Administrators access). Remove the local user
> profile. Log off and back on as the local user. A new default profile
> will be generated. See if you can access the shares from this account
> with the new profile.
>
> Regards,
>
> J Wolfgang Goerlich
>
> > I have 8 classroom computers that i connect wirelessly to the network after
> > each class so Microsoft update can run, and i can perform other general
> > maintenance on the machines. I map a drive to one of our servers during this
> > process and use my admin account on the server to authenticate. When I am
> > finished, I disconnect the wireless lan adapter so that during class, the
> > computers are physically disconnected from the network.
> >
> > All the computers use a local user account, which does not have a password,
> > and the computers boot to the desktop for that user. This user is an
> > administrator account, because the software we are running requires this. All
> > 8 are running XP Professional.
> >
> > Here is the mystery: When I connect the lan adapter and start the computers,
> > two of these computers, of the 8 total, can access the network shares with
> > my user account ( i can tell it is my admin account because if i open a file
> > on the server and look at open files on the server, i can see that my account
> > is used) before i map a drive or do anything else to authenticate with my
> > account.
> >
> > How is this happening? Have run virus scanners and the Base Security
> > analyzer.
> >
> > Has anyone encountered this? How can I find out how Windows is
> > authenticating the connection?
> >
> > Thanks
>
>
>

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