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How to provide admin access

Hello guys

  in my organization, i need to give some admin access in domain like he is a helpdesk guy, so he needs to install new machine, add printer, do some small jobs on server, but i dont want him to have domain admin access is there is any way i can give such access?

Thanks in advance

Suresh
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Hey samurai

  let me try this monday morning and i will let you know

Thanks
Suresh
Hey

  let me explain clearly, i created a group called " Domain Helpdesk" and addedd two Helpdesk guys as the member of this group, i need to add this group to all my workstation at a time without going to each machine and add mannually... Please Help

Thanks Again
Suresh
You're halfway there:

Next create a computer startup script in a group policy that gets applied to all of your computers in active directory.  In that script add the line:

net localgroup administrators "domainname\Domain Helpdesk" /add

You will need to put your domain name in before the \ in the previous statement.  When the computers startup they will process this command from group policy and add the "domain helpdesk" group to the local administrators group on any workstation that runs the policy.  
Hey

  i am not able to add this in Group policy help how to do this for a special OU

Thanks
When you say 'special OU' are you referring to the default computers OU?  If so you will not be able to add a group policy on this OU level (It would have to be done at the default domain policy which I wouldn't reccomend).  In most organizations I've worked at we have always organized our computers under a new OU called Domain Computers (or whatever else you would want to call it).  You can organize them however you want beneath that level (site, department, etc...) but this gives you a place other then the default domain policy to add group policies.  My tree looks something like this:

Domain Computers - All client computers
Domain Controllers - All DCs
Domain Servers - All servers
Domain Users - All User Accounts

If your computers are in the default special folder I would suggest creating a new OU to house them in.  They will still get the default domain policy and any other GPOs that are being pushed down.
Hey

  You are ture, i have all my computers except servers on default computers, i am planning to create new OU for all client computers.What should i do after creating another OU and move all my client computers.

Thanks
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Hey

  i create the GPO i can see the script running at backgroud when i login from my mahcine but for some reason its not adding the Admin group

Here is my script

net localgroup administrators "Domain\DomainHelp" /add

I saved this as BAT file and saved under statup script on C:\windows\Sysvol\Policies\702.....\machine\startup\..

i dont where i do mistake

Thanks for help
What happens when you do

net localgroup administrators "Domain\DomainHelp" /add

from a command prompt?  Does the group get added?

Also, are there any GPOs that are making changes in the Restricted Groups?

If there is, that is the problem.
This should run under the computer startup script (not the user login script).  This should run before you login to the computer.  Double check the GPO and make sure it is a computer startup script.
Hey

   let me check this

Thanks
Hey guys

  i checked again but still not working, i have added my scipt on GPO

computer configuration --> Windows Settings --> Scripts --> Start up --> <Script.bat>

do i need to specify anything on Parameters?

Please help

Thanks
What happens when you do

net localgroup administrators "Domain\DomainHelp" /add

from a command prompt?  Does the group get added?
Earlier you had mentioned the group name was Domain Help (With a space).  That would neccesitate the syntax to read thusly:

net localgroup administrators "<Your domain name>\Domain Help" /add
Hey

Net localgroup administrators "<Domainname\DomainHelp" /add this works in command prompt and the group get added, but not through GPO

Thanks

Suresh
If you have verified that the script is set to run under the computer configuration and it's still not running,
I would enable logging to see what the errors are.
Hey Guys

  It works fine, i am a dump i didnt restart the machine.. Sorry

Thanks
Xavier