Re: Power users cannot install software?

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On Jun 23, 12:30 pm, jtpryan <jtpr...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have looked through some of the posts on this and the general
solution seems to be to add the domain users you want to allow to
install software to the local admin or power users group on the
computer itself.

I find this hard to believe from an administrative standpoint. If you
had 500 users that you wanted to have an ability you need to go to 500
individual machines (either physically or via the server itself) and
add them? Now I know SBS is max at 75, but still, that is also too
much. Is there no way to simply give this priviledge to a domain
group once?

Does anybody know different or is this the "final answer"?

Don't consider this the final answer, but there are also groups like
Domain Power Users. And you can install software through Group
Policy, but not for home/remote workers. It also depends on what
software they'll be installing. Hardware drivers and services, for
example, do need installed by an administrator. But there can be side
effects. Here, many employees carry a mobile PDA, and receive real-
time email and PIM changes. But Exchange 2007 and later versions of
Exchange 2003 (specifically store.exe) will disable push on the email
account for any user with enhanced privileges. You either get an
email account that's separate from your enhanced login, or you live
with less control. So the solution may vary sharply, depending on
exactly what you want to do. But you should be able to find something
better than configuring 500 workstations manually.

Hope that helps,
Todd
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