Local Groups are Gone!

[Mike]

I have an XP SP2 machine that is joined to a domain. When I go to the
local users and group to add a domain account to the local administrators
group, there is no groups shown. It shows that the groups folder is empty.
There should be the built-in accounts here. Is this a display error, or is
there a way to unhide these groups.

Mike

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

I have an XP SP2 machine that is joined to a domain. When I go to the
local users and group to add a domain account to the local administrators
group, there is no groups shown. It shows that the groups folder is empty.
There should be the built-in accounts here. Is this a display error, or is
there a way to unhide these groups.

Mike

Has anyone been playing around in your domain policies, perchance?

 

[Guest]

Log into the local machine instead of the domain and add the domain accounts
to the local groups. This is the inverse method and should get you around
any group policy that would prevent you from accessing local objects from the
other domain-tied profile.

 

[Jason Tan]

Hello,

Thank you for posting here!

I notice that you have posted the same question in our Windows XP
newsgroup, to which I have already responded. Please check my answer
there, and if you need any further assistance on this particular issue
please reply to me in that thread so I can follow up with you. In the
future, please don't cross-post the same question in multiple newsgroups.
This will help our engineers work on your question more efficiently. Your
understanding and cooperation is appreciated.

For your convenience, I have included my reply as follows:

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Hello,

Thanks for posting!

I understand that the local group folder is empty in Windows XP that is a
member of a domain.

First I suggest you test the following to isolate the issue.

1. Run Lusrmgr.msc, what is the result? Can you see local group?

2. Login locally with local administrator, what is the result?

3. Disjoin the domain the rejoin the domain, what is the result?
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Best Regards,

Jason Tan

Microsoft Online Partner Support
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| I have an XP SP2 machine that is joined to a domain. When I go to the
| local users and group to add a domain account to the local administrators
| group, there is no groups shown. It shows that the groups folder is
empty.
| There should be the built-in accounts here. Is this a display error, or
is
| there a way to unhide these groups.
|
| Mike
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[EdMcL]

I am using Win XP SP2 and in my Systems Tools under Computer Management,
there is no 'Local Users and Groups' entry. Also when I do a scan with
MS Baseline Security Analyser, i get a warning that there are more than
two Administrators. There should be only two me and my son.
There is a third Administrator with the user name Administrator but I
have no idea who this is for. it does not show up on the user list when
I go to Control Panel ---User Accounts. What is happening here?

Hello,

Thank you for posting here!

..

For your convenience, I have included my reply as follows:

------------------
Hello,

Thanks for posting!

I understand that the local group folder is empty in Windows XP that
is a
member of a domain.

First I suggest you test the following to isolate the issue.

1. Run Lusrmgr.msc, what is the result? Can you see local group?

2. Login locally with local administrator, what is the result?

3. Disjoin the domain the rejoin the domain, what is the result?
------------------

Best Regards,

Jason Tan

Microsoft Online Partner Support
Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

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This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.