Re: Add a group to local admins

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From: Jennifer Atchison (Jewles_net_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/10/05 

Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 07:22:57 -0600

Thanks Mark,
     And this will not remove what is already in the administrators group on
the local machine, but add to it correct?
"Mark Heitbrink [MVP]" <spam-only@gruppenrichtlinien.de> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Jennifer Atchison schrieb:
>> Is there a way I can add a group to the local administators group on our
>> workstations via group policy without overwriting what they may have set
>> already?
>
> net localgroup Administrators yourgroup /add
> But I guess, thats not the point you are looking for.
>
> Try the following in "restricted groups"
> - new group -> Administrators
> - no entry in the upper field of the windows that opens,
> where you usually would add the acccounts
> - make a new entry in the lower field "is Member of"(?)
> and add your group
>
> .. sorry, I have now english version of the OS, so I canīt
> tell you the correct names of the fields.
>
> HTH
> Mark
> --
> Mark Heitbrink - MVP Windows Server
> Homepage: www.gruppenrichtlinien.de

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