Computer Accounts and Authentication Controls
Computer accounts are also security principals. Therefore, no study of Windows authentication or Windows administrator should ignore them. You should understand how computer accounts are created, how their passwords are modified, and what you can do to affect account processing.
Computer Account Creation and Passwords
If a computer account has not been prestaged (created in the Active Directory prior to the computer joining the domain), an account is created for the computer when a Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional, or Windows Server 2003 computer is joined to a Windows domain. The computer account is placed by default in the computer's Organizational Unit (OU) but can be moved ...
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