Re: Adding domain users to local Administrator group

From: BloodRed (bloodred_at_spamsucks.comcast.net)
Date: 05/17/03 

Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 14:06:34 -0400

Tried adding the name of the user as "dominaname\username"? If the system
is part of the domain, the account should be validated and added with no
trouble.

-BR

"Brad Leppla" <F0rres7@email.uophx.edu> wrote in message
news:eMZcroHHDHA.2220@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> All,
>
> I have a twist to the seemingly easy process of adding a domain user
account
> to the local administrator group in WXP Pro that which seems to evade
> resolution (TechNet is no help). Whenever I attempt this process, clicking
> on the "Locations" button shows ONLY the local workstation, not the
domain.
> In other words, its as if the domain does not exist. Yet, I have
> successfully created, deleted, then recreated the computer account in the
> domain. Any thoughts? Configuration particulars:
>
> Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition with AD installed
>
> Windows 2000 Professional workstations have no problems adding domain user
> accounts to local Admin group
>
> Network consists of 17 PCs of various flavors (WinMe, W98, W2K Pro, WXP
Pro)
> that existed in a workgroup prior to introduction of W2K3
>
> SP 1 applied to affected XP Pro workstation
>
> DNS configured to allow secure and unsecure dynamic updates
>
> WINS configured on network
>
> My thinking leads me to believe that it has something to do with local GPO
> on the workstation but I cannot reason out the location or the conditions
> which would affect a resolution. Any help would be appreciated as our
> migration project is now halted because of this problem.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brad Leppla
>
> solutions@network-professionals.net
>
>