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We currently have the HelpAssistant account disabled on our domain workstations (XP SP3) We would like to start using Remote Assistance so need to enable the account. Is there a way of doing it globally using Group Policy (Windows 2003)?
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We currently have the HelpAssistant account disabled on our domain workstations (XP SP3) We would like to start using Remote Assistance so need to enable the account. Is there a way of doing it globally using Group Policy (Windows 2003)?

Enable HelpAssistant account with group policy

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