dspent Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 How can I add the group DOMAIN USERS to the LOCAL ADMINISTRATORS group on all workstations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilamym Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 you can use the restricted groups option in the group policy, or use "net localgroup" administrators /add "adgroupname" keilamym Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dspent Posted April 12, 2004 Author Share Posted April 12, 2004 so in order to use this in an autoit3 script how do I code this...? I know extremely little about scripting. Just what I pick up from this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZenKensei Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 I'm not able to test it right now but you may be able to use something like: RunWait ( @Comspec & ' /C Net localgroup administrators "Domain Users" /add' ) If you try this and it doesn't work let me know and I will work on it tomorrow when I'm on a network. Z/K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dspent Posted April 12, 2004 Author Share Posted April 12, 2004 Thanks a million.....to both of you. Zen...It works without a hitch. One more question though....once it runs, if the domain users group is already added how do I skip this step? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilamym Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 as a batch file NET LOCALGROUP ADMINISTRATORS /ADD "DOMAIN USERS" works great. I'll have to work on the scripting part Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilamym Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 oh cool... somebody posted it already.. i went home for the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redndahead Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 My suggestion is go with restricted groups. You will have an easier time removing it when you need to. If you need help doing this feel free to ask. red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilamym Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 i'd have to agree... if workstations on sp3, the restricted groups policy overwrites local settings. in sp4, this option is appended. good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redndahead Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 i'd have to agree...if workstations on sp3, the restricted groups policy overwrites local settings. in sp4, this option is appended.good luckhmm..my workstations are on SP4 and they are still overwritten.red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilamym Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 redndahead thanks for the info.. this was supposed to be changed in sp4 but i guess microsoft didn't get to it. we're still on sp3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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