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I'm not given a warning if logged on using cached credentials in Windows 2000.
John Savill
January 26, 2000
1 Min Read
A. In Windows NT 4.0 if you log on and no domain controller can befound you are logged on using cached information (assuming you have previouslylogged onto the machine). You are given a warning "A domain controllercould not be contacted and you have been logged on using cachedinformation".
This warning is disabled by default in Windows 2000 but can be enabled byperforming the following on each computer:
Start the registry editor (Regedit.exe)
Move to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionWinlogon
From the Edit menu select New - String Value
Enter a name of ReportControllerMissing and press Enter
Double click the new value and set to TRUE (must be uppercase). Click OK
Now for each user who you wish to have controller missing message displayedperform the following:
Start the registry editor (Regedit.exe)
Move to HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionWinlogon
From the Edit menu select New - DWORD Value
Enter a name of ReportDC and press Enter
Double click the new value and set to 1. Click OK
You may want to automate this via a logon script or via a policy template.
This warning was probably removed by default as most users would notunderstand the warning and just ignored it so be selective about re-enabling.
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