Add Domain User To Local Administrators Group

You have installed an application in your environment. This application needs to C$ of all the client computers to install it's Agent. To install the Agent, application requires admin access on all the client computers. Application is installed with a domain user (for example; AppAccount) which must be added to the Local Administrators Security Group on all the client computers.

To accomplish above, you can follow the steps outlined below:

Create a text file and name it CompList.TXT

Put all the client computer names in it.

Next, run the following command:

Psexec.exe [email protected] Net LocalGroup Administrators DomainName.COM/AppAccount /add

The above command runs against each computer mentioned in the CompList.TXT and adds the AppAccount to Local Administrators Security Group. 

You can download the Psexec.exe from here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx

 

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