How to Grant Local Administrative Privileges Using User Manager for Domains

ID: Q231422

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SUMMARY

This article describes how to give users local administrative privileges on their workstation using User Manager for Domains.


MORE INFORMATION

User Manager for Domains lets you grant these permissions without visiting each workstation. On the server (or on a workstation with server tools loaded):

  1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools (Common), and then click User Manager for Domains.


  2. On the User menu bar, click Select Domain.


  3. In the Domain box, type //ComputerName (where ComputerName is the name of the computer), and then click OK. This starts User Manager for Domains for the computer name you specified.


  4. Double-click Administrators in the list of groups at the bottom of the User Manager for Domains dialog box.


  5. In the Local Groups Properties dialog box, click Add. In the List Names From box (these are the domains in which you can add users from), click the user (or global group) that needs administrative rights, and then click Add. The user name is displayed in the Names box. Click OK.


  6. In the Local Group Policies dialog box, click OK.


When you give users local administrative privileges on their workstation, they are still ordinary users in the domain, but are simultaneously an Administrator on their computer running Windows NT Workstation or Windows NT Server.


REFERENCES

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q173673 Windows NT Server Tools for Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Available

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Version           : winnt:4.0
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: June 24, 1999