Hi,
Does anyone know of a way to let regular users (non administrators) change
the Win2K IP addresses only?
Basically my laptop users travel to offices which do not all use DHCP hence
require manual IP change. I am able to use netsh to change the IP but this
requires admin rights which I do not
Title: RE: Win2000 IP Change by Non-Administrators
either give them local admin access to their workstation or you can set up a local policy using the MMC.
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either give them local admin access
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Hi,
Does anyone know of a way to let regular users (non administrators) change
the Win2K IP addresses only?
Basically my laptop users travel to offices which do not all use DHCP hence
require
Title: RE: Win2000 IP Change by Non-Administrators
it has nothing to do with domain rights. It's the local rights in the local admin group on the OS you need to change.
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Nice to know we are still willing to assist those that send out 12-line
disclaimers on their mail!
Anyway, the local vs domain is probably not the issue here. Making Joe
User a local admin should keep the domain recourses safe. However, he is
still free to cause serious damage to the local
Title: RE: Win2000 IP Change by Non-Administrators
well if you don't trust your users, and in most cases you shouldn't ;) You can set-up a group policy for that user on the local machine. Might take a bit of configuration though, hence I would go with the quick and dirty local rights
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We use hardware profiles for this.Many users have home networks, plug
into client networks, etc.We create a profile for each case and make
the default at the place where they are the most. Some of the users
still call for support every time they have to use it but it's still the
best
