dazed&confused
02-13-2002, 10:36 PM
I know this question deals more w/ a networking than with the individual PC, but I'm betting someone out there knows the answer. A friend of mine keeps telling me it can be done, but I've never been successful. Here are the circumstances:
You're installing a new Windows 2000 Professional computer. You join an existing Windows 2000 Domain. You want the user(s) to have Administrative priveleges on the local computer. I know you can add individual user accounts, making each one a member of the Administrators Group. However, my friend says that you can make "Domain Users" a member of the Administrators Group. If this actually works, it would indeed be easier. But "Domain Users" is never available when you try to add members to the Administrators Group. The only choices are of local users and built-in system groups. What am I doing wrong?
Once, I read that users who have authenticated to a 2000 native-mode domain are automatically members of the local Admin Group, but I haven't found that to be true, either. Any suggestions?
You're installing a new Windows 2000 Professional computer. You join an existing Windows 2000 Domain. You want the user(s) to have Administrative priveleges on the local computer. I know you can add individual user accounts, making each one a member of the Administrators Group. However, my friend says that you can make "Domain Users" a member of the Administrators Group. If this actually works, it would indeed be easier. But "Domain Users" is never available when you try to add members to the Administrators Group. The only choices are of local users and built-in system groups. What am I doing wrong?
Once, I read that users who have authenticated to a 2000 native-mode domain are automatically members of the local Admin Group, but I haven't found that to be true, either. Any suggestions?