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by shanghai sam

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How can I allow a particular user the right to install software on any computer in the domain (W2K server/client environment) w/o making them a member of the domain admins group or giving them full admin. rights?

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by ptchtech

Create a domain group consisting of members that you wish to be able to install software. Add that group to the workstations local administrators group. You can do this on a pc that you clone, so that the image you create will have this group as a member of the local administrators group, so you do not have to go around to each workstation individually.

by ptchtech

By adding a "group" to the workstations local admin, you can modify its membership without having to make changes on all workstations

by quintar51

adding the user to the local admin group still gives them admin access for that machine.

what you can do is add them to the power users group. That group is allowed to install software.

Also, if you have AD running, you can assign or publish software for specific users using group policy. You create an OU and put the users/groups in it. Then you edit the group policy for that particular OU and under computer configuration or user configuration, software, you can either publish or assign the application. Assigning would always put that application on the machine, and publishing would just make the program available to users if they wish to install it.

hope this helps

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