Windows 2000 user vs. admin logon...

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Greg Collier

Anyone know of a way to accomplish the following?

From time to time I'll need to make changes to a users
Win2000 Pro workstation. Is it possible to log onto a
users account at a Win2000 machine but actually use my
admin password so as to not need the users actual password?

Thanks.
 
If the workstation is part of the domain you can log into the workstation
with a domain Admin. Unless it has been removed from the local
Administrators group. There is no way to override a password login in the
manner you describe.
 
microsoft.public.win2000.security news group, Greg Collier
Anyone know of a way to accomplish the following?

From time to time I'll need to make changes to a users
Win2000 Pro workstation. Is it possible to log onto a
users account at a Win2000 machine but actually use my
admin password so as to not need the users actual password?
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No, but what changes are you talking about? Why do you feel that you
need to logon as that user? Just log on as the local admin and make the
changes you need to make.
 
Sorry, I didn't make myslef clear.

I'm not looking to just log onto the machine. I'm looking
to actually log onto a users account at the machine to
accpompish some setup items (i.e. Outlook and other user
specific items), without needing the users password.
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If the workstation is part of the domain you can log into the workstation
with a domain Admin. Unless it has been removed from the local
Administrators group. There is no way to override a password login in the
manner you describe.

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Greg Collier said:
Anyone know of a way to accomplish the following?

From time to time I'll need to make changes to a users
Win2000 Pro workstation. Is it possible to log onto a
users account at a Win2000 machine but actually use my
admin password so as to not need the users actual password?

Thanks.
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microsoft.public.win2000.security news group, Greg C
As an example, one reason would be setting a users Outlook.
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Then no, you can't do that. In the case of Outlook however, there are
other ways to do this. You deploy Office by using Group Policy and then
use a transform file for example. IIRC, there is a tool available that
you can use to generate Outlook profiles.
 
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