GPO: User to change TCP/IP settings:

From: Rhys Leppan (RhysLeppan_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/18/04 

Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 07:39:03 -0700

Server: Windows 2003 Standard
Clients: Windows 2000 SP4

Problem:
All users are part of the domain, all users are part of a specified OU with
GPOs set.

While I know it is not common practice, I require that my users are able to
get into the properties of the 'Local Area Connection' and configure the
tcp/ip settings without getting the following error:

'The controls on this property *** are disabled because you do not have
sufficient privileges to access them. Please contact your Administrator'

When editing the GP of the OU using the GPOE (User Configuration ->
Administrative Templates -> Network -> Network Connections) there are a
number of options here that specifically allow you to modify this behaviour
and allow users the ability to change these network settings. However, try as
I may it doesn't matter what I set in these GPOs or how many times I reboot
the client machine, I still get the same error message.

I have also try to stop policy inheritance and set the no overide option and
neither proved to have any effect.

Any immediate help in this regard would be most appreciated.

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