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Give Admin Rights to users through Logon

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by phrreakk

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Hello,

I am currently working as a contractor at a terribly ancient NT 4 Domain. I would like to install a small .exe only I do not want to go around to 200 machines. They are pretty much all using 2000/XP machines. I would like to know if there is some way that works that will allow me to give them admin rights through the logon script for the time being while it installs. I have looked online and not found much.

Thank you

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by phrreakk

Yes I understand that I can use the RUNAS command, my only problem with that is that the admin password would be in clear text over the logon script dos box. From what I have read it states that you put a switch and then the password...I don't think the admin would like that so much.

by statykserver

I think the RUN AS command is your best bet. It would be easier to run that script and then change the administrator password than it would be to run to all 200 computers and install the small exe. Besides password changing is good policy. Good Luck

by br

if you?re in a domain environment you have the credentials to do that if you?re an domain administrator.

Just use psexec from www.sysinternals.com to run your .exe file one the remote computer! If you use a .cmd File you may also use the /C Option to copy the .cmd-file first

if you just have to copy it use xcopy and the c$ share.

You should do this in a batch job for all clients using the "for" command (not sure how to get a list of workstations out of the nt4 commands...sorry).

Hope this helps...

by liame

Use RUNAS... but create the account for the run as command specifically for that purpose and disable the fecker as soon as the upgrade is done.

Send a memo round to all the departments and ask em to log all the PC's on that morning.

Use the audit logs to establish which PC's got missed. As long as they have a resonable asset management system in place you should now have a list of what computers need to be done manually and where they are. Go and catch those straglers and job done.

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