Remove Domain Admin password requirement when users install programs

[SilentJ]

Hi there,


One of my clients has a domain set up in their small business running Windows Server 2003 and about 4-8 PC's. When they want to install a program (like Adobe CS5 etc) they are prompted to enter the domain admin account and password information to proceed. I'd like NOT to give them the password and remove the requirement for the password to be entered when installing software.

Where do I change the setting for this?

SilentJ
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[mrdenny]

They will need to be local admin on their machines to install software on the machine. If they are installing software on the domain controller they'll need to be domain admin.

The client should have the admin password to their domain. It is their domain after all.

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[SilentJ]

How can i make them local admins?

i don't MIND giving them the password as much as i'm interested in removing the request for it.

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[58sniper]

They should absolutely have that password, IMHO.

Add the user to the administrators group on the workstation.

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[mrdenny]

Add the user to the administrators group on the workstation.

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[58sniper]

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[mrdenny]

Great minds and all that.

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