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Hello Terry,<br />
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Domain Admin = total control of network - only network admins should have these <br />
Domain Power User = have more that standard user right to network system<br />
Local Administrator = Total control of the local machine <br />
Administrator = generalisation<br />
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What excatly are you trying to achive? If the users are part of the Domain Users group they should be able to create a shortcut on their desktop unless a Group Policy is blocking them.<br />
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Post back with some more details.<br />
<br />
Chris
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Hello Terry,

Domain Admin = total control of network - only network admins should have these
Domain Power User = have more that standard user right to network system
Local Administrator = Total control of the local machine
Administrator = generalisation

What excatly are you trying to achive? If the users are part of the Domain Users group they should be able to create a shortcut on their desktop unless a Group Policy is blocking them.


Post back with some more details.

Chris

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Housenet, a belated thanks for your advice. &nbsp;I've come back to this for a second dose. &nbsp;Thanks, again!
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Housenet, a belated thanks for your advice.  I've come back to this for a second dose.  Thanks, again!

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Hi All,<br />
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Can someone explain to me what the difference between Domain Admin, Domain Power User, Local Administrator, and Administrator are on a Windows 2003 SBS domain?<br />
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It seems that my users must be Domain Admins to even get the properties of a shortcut on the desktop (for example). &nbsp;Confused.<br />
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Thanks,<br />
Terry
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Hi All,

Can someone explain to me what the difference between Domain Admin, Domain Power User, Local Administrator, and Administrator are on a Windows 2003 SBS domain?

It seems that my users must be Domain Admins to even get the properties of a shortcut on the desktop (for example).  Confused.

Thanks,
Terry

SBS 2003:  Domain Admin is required for clients (users) to do anything...why?

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).