Re: adding all users to the local admin account

From: Torgeir Bakken (MVP) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam@hydro.com)
Date: 11/20/02


From: "Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" <Torgeir.Bakken-spam@hydro.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 19:47:07 +0100


XPAdmin wrote:

> I am using WindowsXP at work now and am running into a
> little problem. It seems that some of the applications
> that run require admin rights to run fully (not Power
> User). The problem is that users frequently switch PCs
> and even branch locations. So in order to get the apps to
> work correctly I am having to all each user to the local
> admin account.
>
> How can I allow ALL users that login to a PC be a member
> of the local administrator account?

Hi

You could add "INTERACTIVE" to the local Administrators group. This way all
domain users that log on to a computer will be local administrators. This is how
we do it. This is also a bit safer than using "Authenticated Users".

--
torgeir
Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI
Porsgrunn Norway


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