> I just set-up a Server 2003 R2 AD, I go to a local workstation and login as
> the Domain Administrator.  (workstation is Windows XP Pro)
>
> What I want to do is add the user of the workstation to the local
> Administrators group.  When I go to local users and groups, it only shows
> stuff from the local computer and does not show the domain.
>
> On a windows 2000 AD I would double click the local group and click add and
> type in the user name and it would be pointing to the domain by default.
>
> On The Windows 2003 R2 domain when I click add it has the computer name in
> "from this location", so I click on the location button and it does not even
> show the domain.  I tried typing in DOMAIN\USERNAME in the select objects box
> but it would not resolve the user account or allow me to add it.
>
> If I go to my computer I see the mapped domain drives and can access them,
> and if I go to my network places I can browse the domain and the server and
> connect to resources.  The workstation has a computer account on the domain.
>
> Is there some default policy that I have to change so the workstation will
> show the domain under location so I can add users to the local groups?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Curt Winter

"sand and sun" wrote:

> This is what Iam guessing, you may need an adminpack.msi to manage the
> W2K and W2K3 servers. Also your name/group be in the AD System or Data
> Admin group to do related work. Hope this helps.
> Hi dont flame me, I am not MCSE.
> LOL.
>
> Curt Winter wrote:
> > I just set-up a Server 2003 R2 AD, I go to a local workstation and login as
> > the Domain Administrator.  (workstation is Windows XP Pro)
> >
> > What I want to do is add the user of the workstation to the local
> > Administrators group.  When I go to local users and groups, it only shows
> > stuff from the local computer and does not show the domain.
> >
> > On a windows 2000 AD I would double click the local group and click add and
> > type in the user name and it would be pointing to the domain by default.
> >
> > On The Windows 2003 R2 domain when I click add it has the computer name in
> > "from this location", so I click on the location button and it does not even
> > show the domain.  I tried typing in DOMAIN\USERNAME in the select objects box
> > but it would not resolve the user account or allow me to add it.
> >
> > If I go to my computer I see the mapped domain drives and can access them,
> > and if I go to my network places I can browse the domain and the server and
> > connect to resources.  The workstation has a computer account on the domain.
> >
> > Is there some default policy that I have to change so the workstation will
> > show the domain under location so I can add users to the local groups?
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Curt Winter
>
>

"Curt Winter" wrote:

> Upon Further research I found I need to set-up DNS on windows 2003 RC2 AD or
> it will not work correctly.  I am hoping to get that in place today and I
> will post another message as to if that solves the issue.
>
> Curt
>
> "sand and sun" wrote:
>
> > This is what Iam guessing, you may need an adminpack.msi to manage the
> > W2K and W2K3 servers. Also your name/group be in the AD System or Data
> > Admin group to do related work. Hope this helps.
> > Hi dont flame me, I am not MCSE.
> > LOL.
> >
> > Curt Winter wrote:
> > > I just set-up a Server 2003 R2 AD, I go to a local workstation and login as
> > > the Domain Administrator.  (workstation is Windows XP Pro)
> > >
> > > What I want to do is add the user of the workstation to the local
> > > Administrators group.  When I go to local users and groups, it only shows
> > > stuff from the local computer and does not show the domain.
> > >
> > > On a windows 2000 AD I would double click the local group and click add and
> > > type in the user name and it would be pointing to the domain by default.
> > >
> > > On The Windows 2003 R2 domain when I click add it has the computer name in
> > > "from this location", so I click on the location button and it does not even
> > > show the domain.  I tried typing in DOMAIN\USERNAME in the select objects box
> > > but it would not resolve the user account or allow me to add it.
> > >
> > > If I go to my computer I see the mapped domain drives and can access them,
> > > and if I go to my network places I can browse the domain and the server and
> > > connect to resources.  The workstation has a computer account on the domain.
> > >
> > > Is there some default policy that I have to change so the workstation will
> > > show the domain under location so I can add users to the local groups?
> > >
> > > Any help would be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thank you.
> > >
> > > Curt Winter
> >
> >