New workstatiosn, users can no longer install software -using Acti

Have a Active directory domain on a Windows 2003 server. Just upgraded some
workstations from windows 98 to XP. These were new computers.

Problem is users can not install programs, must be done as admin. Previous
computers this was not an issue.

Now 2 of the workstations were existing XP. All that was done is they were
switched to new users. But, the problem still exists where the user can not
install software.

I was under the impression that Active directory would control user rights
to install software, but it appears that this is not the case, it is the
workstations themselves. What needs to be done so we can set users to install
their own software ?

All workstations are now upgraded to SP2. So it may be a factor, we do not
know. We did not attempt any software installs until after the upgrades.

Cris
Wed Jan 26 12:43:13 CST 2005

It is a documented requirement that for inital setup and connection to the
domain that the user must be a member of the Local Administrators group (not
Domain Admin)

Of course your 98 machines didn't have this issue, Win98 does not have
"users and groups" everyone was an administrator of the workstation.

So you will need to visit each workstation, either make the specific user a
member of the local admin group or you could take a domain group such as
Authenicated Users and make them member of the local admin group. You can
remove them after the main setup if you wish.

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> Have a Active directory domain on a Windows 2003 server. Just upgraded
> some
> workstations from windows 98 to XP. These were new computers.
>
> Problem is users can not install programs, must be done as admin. Previous
> computers this was not an issue.
>
> Now 2 of the workstations were existing XP. All that was done is they were
> switched to new users. But, the problem still exists where the user can
> not
> install software.
>
> I was under the impression that Active directory would control user rights
> to install software, but it appears that this is not the case, it is the
> workstations themselves. What needs to be done so we can set users to
> install
> their own software ?
>
> All workstations are now upgraded to SP2. So it may be a factor, we do not
> know. We did not attempt any software installs until after the upgrades.