Re: Power User Setting Not Saved

If the computer is a member of an Active Directory domain their could be a
Group Policy Restricted Groups configuration that is enforcing group
membership. Running rsop.msc on that computer probably would show such if
that is the case. If not a member of an AD domain then it is hard to say
what is going on but I would enable auditing of account management in Local
Security Policy and then look for an account management event for change of
group membership to see what user changed the group membership. If the user
is system that would indicate that something on the computer is configured
to enforce group membership. --- Steve



"Alfred" <Alfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a computer that is used for a certain automotive diagnostic program
and this program requires that the user be logged on as a Power User due
to
licensing issues. To set this up, I logged on as Administrator and added
this user login name to the Power Users group under Computer Management
and
Local Users and Groups. I then logged out as Administrator and logged in
as
the local user and everything worked fine. However, Windows XP seems to
"forget" that this user is a member of the Power Users group, as I've had
to
do the same procedure three times now. I'm assuming it happens after the
users restart the machine, but, regardless, is there some step I'm missing
to
get this user to remain a Power User? Why is this setting not saved?
Thanks.


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