Q231422: Setting Administrative Privileges Using User Manager for Domains

Article: Q231422
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): winnt:4.0
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Last Modified: 06-AUG-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 
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SUMMARY
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This article describes how to give users local administrative privileges on
their workstation using User Manager for Domains.

MORE INFORMATION
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User Manager for Domains lets you grant these permissions without visiting each
workstation. On the server (or on a workstation with server tools loaded):

1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools (Common), and
  then click "User Manager for Domains".

2. On the User menu bar, click Select Domain.

3. In the Domain box, type "\\<ComputerName>" (without the quotation
  marks) (where <ComputerName> is the name of the computer), and then
  click OK. This starts User Manager for Domains for the computer name you
  specified.

4. Double-click Administrators in the list of groups at the bottom of the "User
  Manager for Domains" dialog box.

5. In the Local Groups Properties dialog box, click Add. In the List Names From
  box (these are the domains in which you can add users from), click the user
  (or global group) that needs administrative rights, and then click Add. The
  user name is displayed in the Names box. Click OK.

6. In the Local Group Policies dialog box, click OK.

When you give users local administrative privileges on their workstation, they
are still ordinary users in the domain, but are simultaneously an Administrator
on their computer running Windows NT Workstation or Windows NT Server.

REFERENCES
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For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  Q173673 Windows NT Server Tools for Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Available

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