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student and are away from campus, the IT department is unable to | student and are away from campus, the IT department is unable to | ||
remotely add your machine back to the domain. | remotely add your machine back to the domain. | ||
- | * Right click on “My Computer” and select “Manage” | + | * Right click on **My Computer** and select **Manage** |
- | * Expand the “Local Users and Groups” section on the left side; select the “Users” folder: | + | * Expand the **Local Users and Groups** section on the left side; select the **Users** folder: |
- | * Right click on the “itcltadm” account (which is ITs built-in client administrator account for your machine) and select “Rename” | + | * Right click on the **itcltadm** account (which is IT's built-in client administrator account for your machine) and select **Rename** |
- | * Rename the account to “Administrator” | + | * Rename the account to ''Administrator'' |
- | * Again, right click on this account and select “Set Password…” | + | * Again, right click on this account and select **Set Password…** |
- | * Click “Proceed” | + | * Click **Proceed** |
* Enter & confirm your new Administrator password. | * Enter & confirm your new Administrator password. | ||
Note: If you do not remember your own local password, you may wish to do the same to your own | Note: If you do not remember your own local password, you may wish to do the same to your own | ||
local account (which you may not have used yet). The local user account will follow the same naming | local account (which you may not have used yet). The local user account will follow the same naming | ||
convention as your domain name, as in first initial followed by last name | convention as your domain name, as in first initial followed by last name |