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Why Local administrator membership is deleted, when the domain users shut down and restart their PC

Hi
We had Windows 2008 Domain controllers and we have virtualised all our servers and our DCs are Windows 2012.

Windows XP PC (300)
Windows 7 (10 PCs)

We started upgrading our PC from windows XP to 7 . I have observed that some of the settings in Windows 7 PCs are not getting applied successfully as applied in XP.
For example;
Restricted user can customise the desktop in XP, but it doesn’t allow in Windows 7.
Restricted user logged in a XP cannot see Remote desktop and command prompt, but they can see the RDP and command prompt under Windows7 accessories.

When I asked my predecessors, they said the GPO was done for XP and because the GPO was done for XP, and this GPO will not get applied properly to windows 7 PC.

If I go to Windows 7 users PC and log in as administrator and add our domain users to a Local administrator group. When the domain users shut down and restart the PC and login the local administrator membership is deleted.
I don’t how this is happening.
But at the same time it doesn’t delete the local administrator membership on windows XP PC, it retains the membership even after it is rebooted and logged in back.

Please suggest how this can be resolved so that the local administrator membership doesn’t get deleted when they shut down the PC and log in back.

Thanks
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Thanks for your post.
Actually  we have a program installed on our Windows7 PC. We have a couple of domain users who use this program and when they open this shortcut it asks for administrator password.

If I give a local administrator permission on their Win7 PC to this domain user , and when they open this program, it doesn't prompt for administrator password and successfully opens.

Is there a different  way of sorting this so that it doesn't prompt for a administrator password OR
Can you please post me tutorials  as how to assign local administrator permissions in my network condition.