Local Admin user rights XP & NT4

[Runniff]

Hi

I am not sure if this will make sense but here goes.

I am seting up a new WinXP Client for my NT4 network. I have given the winxp local user admin rights for the local machine and used the same username and password on the local machine as their user name and password on NT4.

When I log on to the machine locally the user has the correct rights to make changes to the machine, however when they log on to the NT4 Domain, XP does not allow access to local machine admin tools. It also does not allow some programs to be installed.

I hope someone out there can make sense, not only of my explanation but the issues I am having.

Steve

 

[bcastner]

Your domain group policies determine what a user, even a local administrator, can do when logged on as a domain user.

The local policies have no meaning in a Domain logon context, and the fact that the user is the local Admin means nothing.

 

[wolluf]

Run Policy Editor on the NT server to see what policies are in place. Also some policies can be set in User manager for Domains - so have a look here also.

 

[Runniff]

Thanks for your replies. After a little bit of tweaking I worked out what was going wrong. All I needed to to was add the NT4 user Account to the local XP Administrator group

 

[bcastner]

I am not sure how this gets you where you want to go. If the Domain Policy for the user restricted installation of software, making the user a member of the local Admin Group will not help in a domain logon setting.