Re: Manage remote workstations

From: Brian Desmond [MVP] (desmondb_at_payton.cps.k12.il.us)
Date: 04/22/04 

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 00:03:16 -0500

You would add the administrators group to the list, and then define all the
members.

Keep in mind that this policy overrides the group membership that already
exists. It will remove all the members and force the contents of the GPO to
be added. 

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Brian Desmond
Windows Server MVP
desmondb@payton.cps.k12.il.us
http://www.briandesmond.com
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:21b101c42798$1c50b4e0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> I have listed IT as a restricted group and put in the
> members. How do I assign this to all workstation local
> administrator groups through GPO?
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >The right way is to create a special group, for example
> OfficeAdmins, and
> >put such staff here.
> >Then using Group Policies put this group to Local
> Administrators on your
> >workstations.
> >
> >(Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Restricted
> Groups).
> >
> >"Mike" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> >news:214c01c4278f$d57b7120$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> >> An IT dept, who are not members of Domain Admins but are
> >> Acount Operators, Server Operators etc, need to manage
> >> remote workstations. The requirement is to start/stop
> >> services etc.
> >> Can this be done while not domain admins? Is it possible
> >> to manage a remote workstation by passing the remote
> local
> >> admin credentials?
> >>
> >> Any help appreciated.
> >
> >
> >.
> >

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