dennis99 Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 When I log onto my networked laptop when it is not on the network, I get in. I am still set to log on to the domain, but the network cable is not plugged in. I am told this is done because my logon information is "cached", but I cannot find any information on how this works. I need more info. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuzzman Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 What operating system? Does this help any? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q172931/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennis99 Posted March 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 Windows XP. I saw this article too, but it's for NT, and it still doesn't explain what logon caching is all about, where the information is stored, etc. I hate it when Microsoft doesn't explain how things work, or even how to find out about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeah Ano Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 what logon caching is all about, where the information is stored,Logon on caching is there to speed up network log ons (correct me if im wrong :) ) To access the local profiles on the PC's (XP Pro atleast) you right click on My Computer and select properties - select the Advanced tab and the then choose the middle option (User profiles - settings). In here are any cached user profiles. If deleted, the next time that user logs on it will take a long time as it will build the profile up again locally to that machine.Hope this explains some of what ur after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuzzman Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 The information is stored in C:\Documents and Settings\ where is the logon name of the account. The article I linked should be prevalent for XP as well, because it's built on NT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennis99 Posted March 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 Let me sum up: i think I figured it out: Answer: When I log on to the local computer as the domain user I get the permissions of that user on the local machine, even when the domain is not present.example: I log on as the administrator and give domain\user1 access rights on the local machine. I now log in as domain\user1 and I am on the local computer and the domain. Now I log on again with the network cable disconnected and it lets me in because domain\user1 has rights on the local machine. It doesn't need the domain present to give me access, because my access rights are "cached".Pretty simple now that I over-analyzed it. Thanks. You don't have to answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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