Workstation Administrator

Hello,

An XP workstation gives the ability to assign a standard domain user,
Administrator rights on the workstation. This doesn't seem to be the case
with a Windows 7 Pro machine. I thought assigning the user as the manager
of the machine in the Active User profile on the server (Windows Server 2003
Business) but that didn't do it. Is there a way to assign him Administrator
privledges on the local machine?

Thank you for any help and God Bless,

Mark A. Sam

"Mark A. Sam" <> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> An XP workstation gives the ability to assign a standard domain user,
> Administrator rights on the workstation. This doesn't seem to be the case
> with a Windows 7 Pro machine. I thought assigning the user as the manager
> of the machine in the Active User profile on the server (Windows Server
> 2003 Business) but that didn't do it. Is there a way to assign him
> Administrator privledges on the local machine?
>
> Thank you for any help and God Bless,
>
> Mark A. Sam
>

This doesn't happen at the server level. It happens at the client level.

You need to give the domain username admin rights on the local machine.

Hello Mark,

You have to use restricted groups, see Florian blog about:
http://www.frickelsoft.net/blog/?p=13

Another way is coming with Group policy preferences, which requires at least
a Windows Vista/Windows server 2008 or higher OS machine to manage them.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc731972.aspx

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Hello,
>
> An XP workstation gives the ability to assign a standard domain user,
> Administrator rights on the workstation. This doesn't seem to be the
> case with a Windows 7 Pro machine. I thought assigning the user as
> the manager of the machine in the Active User profile on the server
> (Windows Server 2003 Business) but that didn't do it. Is there a way
> to assign him Administrator privledges on the local machine?
>
> Thank you for any help and God Bless,
>
> Mark A. Sam
>

Bill, I did give the user Administrator rights on the local machine. I
apologize for not being clear. I removed the user from the domain.


"Bill Grant" <not.available@online> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Mark A. Sam" <> wrote in message
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>> Hello,
>>
>> An XP workstation gives the ability to assign a standard domain user,
>> Administrator rights on the workstation. This doesn't seem to be the
>> case with a Windows 7 Pro machine. I thought assigning the user as the
>> manager of the machine in the Active User profile on the server (Windows
>> Server 2003 Business) but that didn't do it. Is there a way to assign
>> him Administrator privledges on the local machine?
>>
>> Thank you for any help and God Bless,
>>
>> Mark A. Sam
>>
>
> This doesn't happen at the server level. It happens at the client level.
>
> You need to give the domain username admin rights on the local machine.
>
>
>

Thanks Meinolf, I'll check those out.

"Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" <meiweb@(nospam)gmx.de> wrote in message
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> Hello Mark,
>
> You have to use restricted groups, see Florian blog about:
> http://www.frickelsoft.net/blog/?p=13
>
> Another way is coming with Group policy preferences, which requires at
> least a Windows Vista/Windows server 2008 or higher OS machine to manage
> them.
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc731972.aspx
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> confers no rights.
> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> An XP workstation gives the ability to assign a standard domain user,
>> Administrator rights on the workstation. This doesn't seem to be the
>> case with a Windows 7 Pro machine. I thought assigning the user as
>> the manager of the machine in the Active User profile on the server
>> (Windows Server 2003 Business) but that didn't do it. Is there a way
>> to assign him Administrator privledges on the local machine?
>>
>> Thank you for any help and God Bless,
>>
>> Mark A. Sam
>>
>
>

On 10/05/2010 19:57, Mark A. Sam wrote:
> Hello,
>
> An XP workstation gives the ability to assign a standard domain user,
> Administrator rights on the workstation. This doesn't seem to be the case
> with a Windows 7 Pro machine. I thought assigning the user as the manager
> of the machine in the Active User profile on the server (Windows Server 2003
> Business) but that didn't do it. Is there a way to assign him Administrator
> privledges on the local machine?
>

Just add the domain user's account to the local Administrators group on
the Windows 7 machine.

--
Chris M.

Chris,

I did that, but now I see my error. The username was local on the machine
before I added him as a domain user, so he was entered twice, once as a
local user and once as a domain user. When he logged in as the domain user,
he didn't have the admin rights.

God Bless,

Mark


"Chris M" <> wrote in message
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> On 10/05/2010 19:57, Mark A. Sam wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> An XP workstation gives the ability to assign a standard domain user,
>> Administrator rights on the workstation. This doesn't seem to be the
>> case
>> with a Windows 7 Pro machine. I thought assigning the user as the
>> manager
>> of the machine in the Active User profile on the server (Windows Server
>> 2003
>> Business) but that didn't do it. Is there a way to assign him
>> Administrator
>> privledges on the local machine?
>>
>
> Just add the domain user's account to the local Administrators group on
> the Windows 7 machine.
>
> --
> Chris M.