Local User / Local Admin

[revingtosh]

Hi,

 

Im after a few pointers if thats possible?

 

I need to create a Local User (non domain) which is a Local Administrator of a given machine.

 

I have a 2008R2 DC and I can restrict the scope of the GPO by means of a filtered group - thats fine, but i could do with some information on how to set the Domain GPO up as this particular challenge doesnt seem that intuitive to me.

 

Essentially, someone has bought a noddy piece of software which will only run as a local administrator. However, our existing domain policies will remove any manually added items configured locally on the device.

 

 

Cheers

[sted]

use gpp to add a user named whatever with a password of whatever to the local admin group

[revingtosh]

Yes... that is what i am trying to do. Hence the request for a few pointers.

[sted]

go to computer config preferrences control panel local users and groups create new user fill ni box. Same place create group select group name (administrators built in click add at bottom type in users name should be all there is to it

[revingtosh]

Thanks fella. I was on the right track, but rather than simply typing in the required local username, i was searching the domain button, hence my boggle!

 

Thanks again