Log in to local users desktop without resetting password?

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As the administrator for our small NT4 domain with Windows 2000 desktops I
have all the access and priviledges I need, except for one. At least with my
current understanding. Here's the scenario:

Assume the user has logged out of their desktop. I want to login and install
some software or make some changes to their desktop. The problem is that I
don't know their domain password. Which means I can't log in to their desktop
as them. Which further means that I can't really do and test certain things
properly -- i.e. I can't install a printer, can't install Office 2000 so that
it doesn't need further config for that user, etc., etc.

I know that there are workarounds for some of those issues, but there's
nothing like being physically logged in under their profile at their desktop.
I could reset their password to do this, but that's not a great solution.

Is there another way to solve this problem. Is there something simple that
I'm not aware of?
 
You login as a domain administrator. Then, you can add any software and it
will be available to all users. If you try to login with the client user
name and password, if they are not an admin on the local machine, then the
programs will not be available to other users that login. All domain admins
are automatically considered admins on the local machine since the machine
authenticates to the domain, not the local machine.

As the administrator for our small NT4 domain with Windows 2000 desktops I
have all the access and priviledges I need, except for one. At least with
my
current understanding. Here's the scenario:

Assume the user has logged out of their desktop. I want to login and
install
some software or make some changes to their desktop. The problem is that I
don't know their domain password. Which means I can't log in to their
desktop
as them. Which further means that I can't really do and test certain things
properly -- i.e. I can't install a printer, can't install Office 2000 so
that
it doesn't need further config for that user, etc., etc.

I know that there are workarounds for some of those issues, but there's
nothing like being physically logged in under their profile at their
desktop.
I could reset their password to do this, but that's not a great solution.

Is there another way to solve this problem. Is there something simple that
I'm not aware of?
 
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