Admin rights

[Pat]

We have recently installed a new computer that has a
Windows XP operating system. Initially, this computer was
set up with a user account with admin rights so that the
individual could load their software. This task was
successfully completed. However, after attaching the
computer to the network, the network administrator wanted
the user account changed so that the user did not have
admin rights. I understand why a user should not have
admin rights to the server but there has to be a way to
allow a user to update their own hard drive. Almost every
software installation updates some part of the WINDOWS
directory .... but it would only be on their C: drive.

Please help!

 

[Jack Seredyniecki]

The administrator should have the local "Administrator" password (not
the user) so he/she can access the machine in case it gets dropped off the
domain. The domain account of the person using the computer should be added
to the Local Administrators group so that the user has full access to the PC
if that's what's required.