how do I make a user a local admin in a domain?

From: Matt Smith (wsecomp_at_christfocus.com)
Date: 06/17/03


Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 07:23:52 -0700


Tim,

Another way to do this is to log in as the machine's
Administrator and then add the 'Authenticated Users' group
to the local Administrators group.

-- Matt

>-----Original Message-----
>I know this might be a simple answer, but I am vexed.
>Most of our users are set as a User and only have user
>level privledges to their local computer. We log onto a
>Windows 2000 Active Directory.
>Some users I want to have administrator level privledges
>to their computer.
>How do I do this? I have tried several things but can
not
>find the answer.
>.
>



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