Thanks for all the replies. I especially enjoyed the response that ended with, "It is way too easy." Since there were several alternatives, I decided to go with the choice that used a Linux bootable disk to defeat the Microsoft security. It just seemed like the most satisfying choice. Worked like a charm.
Dave Bujaucius Director of Information Technology Gliatech Incorporated 23420 Commerce Park Road Beachwood, OH 44122 Ph: (216) 831-3200 Ext. 3012 Fax: (216) 831-4220 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Noel Fitzpatrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 1:23 PM To: Dave Bujaucius Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Local Administrator Rights Check this out. http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ > I thought the domain administrator logging in on a Windows 2000 machine > automatically was granted local administrator rights. Someone who > doesn't work here anymore removed domain admin privilege from the local > admin group on several W2K workstations. The only member of the local > admins is now the local administrator. For some reason they made the > domain admin a member of the local power users group. I don't have the > local admin passwords on these machines, they could be anything. I > cannot uninstall or install applications from these workstations. > Anyone know of a way for a domain admin to force their way into the > local admin group? The alternative is to reinstall 2000. > > Thanks, > Dave > -- Noel Fitzpatrick, Systems Administrator. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +353 (0)1 8832064 Mobile: +353 (0)86 6051084
