How to give Registry editing rights to XP Pro user?

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Hi all,

We have a windows NT 4 server in our network. We have a new XP Pro
workstation that we have a problem with. The user who has administrator
rights on the nt network and administrator rights on the local workstation
can't open a program. This user can map to the drive on the server, and look
and rename the files on the server, but this user can't remove programs
locally on the workstation.

The tech support person I spoke with says I have to give the user registry
editing rights on the local machine. But how do I do that if they are
already set up as an administrator on the local machine?

TIA

J Godfrey
 
J said:
Hi all,

We have a windows NT 4 server in our network. We have a new XP Pro
workstation that we have a problem with. The user who has administrator
rights on the nt network and administrator rights on the local workstation
can't open a program. This user can map to the drive on the server, and look
and rename the files on the server, but this user can't remove programs
locally on the workstation.
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Then that user's domain account doesn't have administrative privileges
on the local workstation.

The tech support person I spoke with says I have to give the user registry
editing rights on the local machine.
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That should be totally unnecessary. Whose tech support did you call?
Certainly not anyone even vaguely familiar with WinNT oF WinXP.
But how do I do that if they are
already set up as an administrator on the local machine?
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There would be no need; an administrator is an administrator.


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Bruce Chambers said:
Then that user's domain account doesn't have administrative privileges
on the local workstation.




That should be totally unnecessary. Whose tech support did you call?
Certainly not anyone even vaguely familiar with WinNT oF WinXP.


There would be no need; an administrator is an administrator.


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Bruce Chambers

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safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin
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Well the user DOES have administrator rights on the local machine, so why
isn't this working?

Now, when I log off and log back on as administrator of the domain, all
functions correctly.

There are no group policies on the nt4 server. So I don't know where this
is coming from. Any more thoughts?

JG
 
J said:
Well the user DOES have administrator rights on the local machine, so
why isn't this working?
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Well if you're sure that the account the user is logging onto the machine
with has local admin rights on that machine, then either the software you're
working with is installed incorrectly or is a pile of junk that you'd be
well advised to throw away.

Going on what you describe of the phonecall to their tech support line, I'd
suspect the latter case.

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First double check that the user account he is logged onto is indeed an
administrator on that computer. You can use the command net localgroup
administrators to see what users/groups are members of the local
administrators. If you have verified such exactly what happens and what
error message does the user get when he attempts to remove a program and how
is he doing it? --- Steve
 
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