Security Groups - How to Remove

I have taken over a network someone else setup. I can't
add any workstations to the domain easily. I have setup
effective firewall and don't need or want all those
restrictions. What is the easiest way to remove ALL
Group and Local policies - figuring I would need to alter
the "My Business" snap-in within MMC. Guessing that this
is where the policies are being picked up and applied to
all domain computers. Thanks in advance!
KevinC, MCP

Steve
Wed Aug 20 17:35:21 CDT 2003

KevinC wrote:

> I have taken over a network someone else setup. I can't
> add any workstations to the domain easily. I have setup
> effective firewall and don't need or want all those
> restrictions. What is the easiest way to remove ALL
> Group and Local policies - figuring I would need to alter
> the "My Business" snap-in within MMC. Guessing that this
> is where the policies are being picked up and applied to
> all domain computers. Thanks in advance!
> KevinC, MCP

By default, only Domain Admins or Administrators can add machines to an
SBS domain. Are you saying that using an account that is a member of
one of those domain groups you can't add machines to the domain?

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Steve Foster [SBS MVP]
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MVPs do not work for Microsoft. Please reply only to the newsgroups.

KevinC
Thu Aug 21 09:48:19 CDT 2003


>-----Original Message-----
>KevinC wrote:
>
>> I have taken over a network someone else setup. I
can't
>> add any workstations to the domain easily. I have
setup
>> effective firewall and don't need or want all those
>> restrictions. What is the easiest way to remove ALL
>> Group and Local policies - figuring I would need to
alter
>> the "My Business" snap-in within MMC. Guessing that
this
>> is where the policies are being picked up and applied
to
>> all domain computers. Thanks in advance!
>> KevinC, MCP
>
>By default, only Domain Admins or Administrators can add
machines to an
>SBS domain. Are you saying that using an account that is
a member of
>one of those domain groups you can't add machines to the
domain?
>
>--
>Steve Foster [SBS MVP]
>---------------------------------------
>MVPs do not work for Microsoft. Please reply only to the
newsgroups.
>.
>Yes, that is correct. Firstly when I try to join the
domain using domain Adminstrator account it times out (I
can ping server, have all correct IP setup, gateway,
etc.) however that account has been renamed and not yet
added to local Admin Group - maybe that is the problem.?