Re: Power Users

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From: Adrian Marsh (adrian.marsh_nospam__at_lucent.com)
Date: 10/18/04 

Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 04:05:04 -0700

Jerold,

I can't see Power Users under resricted groups either.... Thats how/why I
put them in local Admins...

"Jerold Schulman" wrote:

> On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 11:15:07 +0100, "Adrian Marsh (NNTP)" <marsh_removeme_@lucent.com> wrote:
>
> >All,
> >
> >In W2k Active Directory, does the Power User group exist in the domain??
> > I have a bunch of users who are currently Admins, but I want to know
> >if I can down-grade them. I still want them to bbe able to do most
> >things like install apps etc, but things likee changing the clock and
> >stopping AUs I want to override. Seems thee only way to do that is for
> >them not to be Admins.
> >
> >Adrian
>
>
> "Power Users" is only local.
>
> Use Group Policy Restricted Groups to set domain users into their Local Power Users group.
> See tip 5319 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com for an example using the local
> Administrators group.
>
>
> Jerold Schulman
> Windows: General MVP
> JSI, Inc.
> http://www.jsiinc.com
>

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