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Cloning client computer
Hello is it a good way to clone a hard drive of a machine with windows 10 already member of domain controller windows 2016 AD
It’s possible to protect a worksheet in Excel while still allowing the use of slicers and timelines.
Here is how you can do it:
- Protecting the Worksheet:
- Go to the "Review" tab on the Excel ribbon.
- Click on "Protect Sheet" in the "Changes" group.
- In the "Protect Sheet" dialog box, you can set a password if desired and choose which elements of the worksheet you want to allow users to modify while the sheet is protected. Make sure to uncheck "Select locked cells" to allow interaction with slicers and timelines.
- Click OK and enter the password if you set one.
- Setting Slicers and Timelines to Be Unlocked:
- Before protecting the sheet, ensure that the cells containing slicers and timelines are unlocked.
- Select the cells containing the slicers and timelines.
- Right-click and choose "Format Cells."
- In the "Format Cells" dialog box, go to the "Protection" tab.
- Make sure the "Locked" checkbox is unchecked. This ensures that these cells remain unlocked even when the worksheet is protected.
- Click OK to close the dialog box.
- Protecting the Workbook:
- Once you have set up the slicers and timelines to be unlocked, proceed to protect the worksheet following the steps outlined above.
By following these steps, you can protect your worksheet in Excel while still allowing users to interact with slicers and timelines. This allows for data exploration and analysis while maintaining the integrity of the worksheet. Make sure to test the protection settings to ensure they meet your requirements before distributing the workbook. The specific commands and interface elements may vary slightly between versions, the general concept of protecting the worksheet and unlocking specific cells remains consistent across Excel versions. The text was created with the help of AI.
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- If you clone the hard drive to a new one and never use the old hard drive again, than that's a normal thing that you can do. Tools like Acronis or EaseUS should do the trick, sometimes you get a external case and software for cloning with the new hard drive (Kingston for example does that)
- RMAZOUZIBrass Contributor
Thanks for your response and explanation for the clone i use macrium Reflect it is a new and reliable tool
No problem, read about Macrium too and seems ok as far as I can see. The most important thing in domain joined machines is that cloning is ok, but you can't use that as a imaging solution. Renaming a cloned machine works, but the SID remains the same and the computer account will then be linked to the new machine and the old machine will loose it's domain membership because of that.
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