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I'm having a problem with my mac clients (10.4) not validating login if the time is something like 30 seconds different. I have the Group Policy allowing 180 minute time threshold, but the macs don't seem to care about this policy. I've set the time sync in system prefs to our local domain...

User Startup Items can be added or removed from the Users Panel in System Prefs. My question is, where is the configuration file(s) for this I cannot boot to the startup volume and want to manual delete User Startup Entries. The only thing I could find was in the System Preferences Startup...

A while back I set up my macs here to bind with active directory and the set up the Open Directory Groups with AD accounts and was able to manage things with no problem through workgroup manager. I recently decided to bind the computers to the Open Directory and since doing so my user account...

I set up a tiger server with netboot a couple years ago. This was used primarily for netrestore to image client machines. Not long ago I noticed I can't boot to the server any longer. If I start a client and go to the startup disk, it shows my netboot image, but when I reboot, it just boots...

I constantly have problems with iBook G4 hard drives. They crash and disk utility fails to fix the, disk warrior fails to fix them, and tech tool pro fails to fix them. Usually, have to reformat the drives to get them to work again. Here is my question, I boot to an external HD and can't...

Is there a way to remove java so a previous version can be installed?

I'm looking for a comprehensive guide to setting up a shared iCal on Xserve. I want a calendar that is hosted locally on our LAN for all employees to have access to view.

I'm looking for a good guide on setting up my xserve (10.4) to have to ability host an iCal calendar. I'm a little confused on what webdav is and how the realm should be set up. I want a nice walkthrough on the whole process. I've been looking but can't find anything good. Seems most...

I've set up an image that I've used for hundreds of laptops and I simply changed the name after imaging using the Sharing page under system preferences. I've noticed that this seems to not work that great. The name seems to always change when I use any network utility to browse my LAN. I know...

I have my users loggin in with Active Directory accounts. I set up a couple printers while logged in as a local admin, when the network users logs in to the computer you can see the printers if you click on the printer setup utility, but they are not available in the print menu when trying to...

I have my apple computers (10.4+) authenticating with Active Directory. Active Directory only allows for one home directory that apple seems to mount fine when the user logs in. On the windows end I've always been able to run a login script through group policy that would mount any additional...

When you log in with a network account on OS X it creates a local folder in the users directory. I want this folder to be deleted when a user logs out. Can this be done?

I don't know why airport never re-establishes a connection with a closed network that is listed in my preferred networks. If for any reason I drop the connection, it does not automatically reconnect. I have to actually click on choose another network and enter the information, or reboot the laptop.

I'm toying with Open Directory using my active directory groups. It seems to all be working good, but I can't get everything done I want. For example, on the local machine I can set it so that a user can't modify their dock. There is a preference setting for dock in Workgroupd manager that...

I have a tiger server set up now and in Server Admin I can't start NFS or Netboot. Both have a greyed out start button. What needs to be done first to get these services running?

With windows you can simply hit the "window" key and the start menu is brought up. Is there a way to bring up the "apple" menu from the apple at the top left? I find myself needing to access system prefs and other things and want to do with a keyboard shortcut. Thanks

Is there a way that I can mount an SMB share from a windows server so that is is always there without having to reconnect?