Win2K logins in NT4 Domain

I don't know what your other client machines have been, but obviously not NT 4.0 Workstation. . .4.0 servers do not have the Power Users group, but 4.0 workstations do. At any rate, the behavior you describe is by design - you cannot install most software (anything that writes to the registry, anyway) unless you have administrative rights on the local workstation for 4.0 or Win2K. You either need to give your users admin rights locally to their own workstations, or you will have to log on as a domain admin to install software. Personally, although it sometimes does seem awkward, I prefer not to give my users admin rights because that way they can't install programs that can cause problems, like screen savers, wallpapers and games. Hopethis helps!

I had similar problems getting some software to run (Office 97 in particular). I found that changing directory security settings on some folders enabled software to run without problems. I install all software as admin as well - it appears there'sno way around that.

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