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non-deletable accounts in XP (SP2)
Hi,
Does anyone know if it is possible to create a non-deletable user account in XPSP2? I support a team of users that have admin rights (developers). Occasionally, they lock themselves out and have already changed the local Administrator p/w. I'd like to create a new user account that they cannot delete (similar to the built-in admin account) so I can still access their machine. If they change THAT p/w, I have an out but they'll prob first del the acct. I'd prefer to do it in VB (VB6, .NET, VBS - I don't really care) so I can automate deployment from AD GPO, but I can't see how to make the account non-deleting without lowering them to 'power user'. (BTW, I've already been told by the bosses that lowering rights is not acceptable.) Any thoughts? |
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If you use a domain, use the admin account on that. But, if its XP Pro,
there is a Developers group that has more rights than Developers but slightly less rights than Administrators. wrote in message ups.com... Hi, Does anyone know if it is possible to create a non-deletable user account in XPSP2? I support a team of users that have admin rights (developers). Occasionally, they lock themselves out and have already changed the local Administrator p/w. I'd like to create a new user account that they cannot delete (similar to the built-in admin account) so I can still access their machine. If they change THAT p/w, I have an out but they'll prob first del the acct. I'd prefer to do it in VB (VB6, .NET, VBS - I don't really care) so I can automate deployment from AD GPO, but I can't see how to make the account non-deleting without lowering them to 'power user'. (BTW, I've already been told by the bosses that lowering rights is not acceptable.) Any thoughts? |
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But, if its XP Pro,
there is a Developers group that has more rights than Developers but slightly less rights than Administrators. Two problems with this. There still needs to be a local account that is a member of the group. The problem is that 'somehow', the machines are disjoined from AD and only a local logon will work. The ID must have local admin rights so that I can rejoin to AD. Second, I've never seen a built-in group called "Developers"... Did I miss something? Thanks. |
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