{"id":206,"date":"2013-06-13T12:00:58","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T16:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/?p=206"},"modified":"2013-09-17T00:18:10","modified_gmt":"2013-09-17T04:18:10","slug":"simplify-windows-logons-with-the-dot-slash-trick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/wrote-about\/simplify-windows-logons-with-the-dot-slash-trick\/","title":{"rendered":"Simplify Windows Logons with the Dot Slash trick"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of my biggest annoyances in the move to Windows 7 is the loss of the drop down box for whether to login to a local account or a domain account. When you spend your life as a computer technician and constantly need to get access to local administrator accounts in addition to domain-based accounts, this is very irritating.<\/p>\n

For a computer bound to a domain in Windows XP the login box looked like this:<\/p>\n

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When I need to login as the local computer’s administrator it was as easy as changing the Log on to:<\/em> box.<\/p>\n

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Now I can login as a local administrator and complete the work I need to do.<\/p>\n

For a computer bound to the domain in Windows 7 you get this:<\/p>\n

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There is no longer a quick way to login to the local account. Unless you know the computer’s hostname 1<\/a><\/sup> you had to click the “How do I log on to another domain?” link.<\/p>\n

Then write down or remember the name.<\/p>\n

I have found a faster way. If you type .\\<\/code><\/strong> in front of the user name, it will automatically set the Windows 7 computer to login to the local PC.<\/p>\n

For example, .\\administrator<\/strong> will give you localcomputer\\administrator<\/em> instead of domain\\administrator<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Now, instead of having to remember a long, convoluted name, you have this:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This is easier than trying to recall hostnames or making little notes at every computer I access where I need to login locally.<\/p>\n

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    Usually something like the machine’s serial number, user’s last name or some other long, hard to remember set of characters ↩<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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