Re: Administrator equivalent can not install applications

From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospam.cableone.net)
Date: 04/30/03 

Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 18:49:05 -0600

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    Contact your network administrator for assistance is configuring
the security access privileges of any domain accounts.

Bruce Chambers

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"Bill" <bborer@dataservicecenter.com> wrote in message
news:083d01c30e9f$82b38d60$2f01280a@phx.gbl...
> I had an XP Pro machine SP1 installed in a domain.  I
> replaced the lone NT4 PDC with a Win2k DC.  I went into
> computer properties on the XP ws and selected join a
> domain w/o demoting to workgroup.  After that point I lost
> most profiles.  I copied profiles thru \documents and
> settings.  Now, even though the user profile states the
> user is an administrator to the local machine I still can
> not install applications.
>
> I tried demoting to workgroup and re-joining the domain.
> I even tried to make the user a temporary domain
> administrator.  No luck.
>
> Help?

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