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local admin group change, how? Tcs 11-02-2005
Posted by Tcs on November 2, 2005, 10:53 am
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 Problem:

I used to be in the Domain Admin group until yesterday. Now when I try to run
programs on my PC I'm having all sorts of security issues. I've made a couple
changes for "Users", giving full control, so I can use the darn thing. (My
usenet client is just one example.) I've tried to add my domain user acct to
the local admins group, but XP (sp1) only shows me my PC's name for a domain. I
assume because at the time I'm logged on as the local admin, and not on the
domain. So it keeps telling me that either my username and/or domain don't
exist.

Question:

Can I, and if so how, add my domain user account to the local admin group? Do I
need a domain admin to log onto my machine to do this for me?

I appreciate your help, thanks in advance,

Tom


Posted by Steven L Umbach on November 2, 2005, 10:19 am
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 Any user account that is a local administrator can do that. You can use the
command net local administrators to see the membership of the local
administrators groups. --- Steve


> Problem:
>
> I used to be in the Domain Admin group until yesterday. Now when I try to
> run
> programs on my PC I'm having all sorts of security issues. I've made a
> couple
> changes for "Users", giving full control, so I can use the darn thing.
> (My
> usenet client is just one example.) I've tried to add my domain user acct
> to
> the local admins group, but XP (sp1) only shows me my PC's name for a
> domain. I
> assume because at the time I'm logged on as the local admin, and not on
> the
> domain. So it keeps telling me that either my username and/or domain
> don't
> exist.
>
> Question:
>
> Can I, and if so how, add my domain user account to the local admin group?
> Do I
> need a domain admin to log onto my machine to do this for me?
>
> I appreciate your help, thanks in advance,
>
> Tom




Posted by Roger Abell [MVP] on November 6, 2005, 1:05 am
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It sounds like your machine is no longer a domain member.


> Problem:
>
> I used to be in the Domain Admin group until yesterday. Now when I try to
> run
> programs on my PC I'm having all sorts of security issues. I've made a
> couple
> changes for "Users", giving full control, so I can use the darn thing.
> (My
> usenet client is just one example.) I've tried to add my domain user acct
> to
> the local admins group, but XP (sp1) only shows me my PC's name for a
> domain. I
> assume because at the time I'm logged on as the local admin, and not on
> the
> domain. So it keeps telling me that either my username and/or domain
> don't
> exist.
>
> Question:
>
> Can I, and if so how, add my domain user account to the local admin group?
> Do I
> need a domain admin to log onto my machine to do this for me?
>
> I appreciate your help, thanks in advance,
>
> Tom




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