Adding users to the Admin group in XP

[Junior0579]

I have 2 pc's on a workgroup and I want the user accounts on both pc's to have admin rights on the workgroup. I have tried going into control panel>computer management>local users and groups>groups>administrators, but it only allows me to add local names. How do I set this?

Thanks!

 

[JOSEPHLB]

I dont think that is possible.

You mentioned that you are only in a "workgroup". In a workgroup, each system's user acounts and account policy are administered locally... in a "client/server" setup, with a domain implemented, you could then allow users from any of the systems, have "administrator" rights ..

 

[Mrpilot007]

Make sure you are creating a new user while using an administrator login.

 

[Junior0579]

If I can't add remote users to the Admin group then how can I access user profiles on another computer? I have unchecked the "Make this folder private" button on all profiles on each local machine, but when I try to view the profiles I get an access is denied message.

 

[mboy]

Create identical usenrame/password accounts on both machines. Set them both to admin. Disable simple file shairng (if XP pro) and thats it.

 

[Junior0579]

I got everything but the simple file sharing (it is xp pro). Where do I disable that? Thanks a lot for the help!

 

[mboy]

open a folder
tools
folder options
view
last check box is simple file sharing (make sure it is unchecked)

 

[CZroe]

Yep. Without a domain controller, XP requires all users accounts to exist on each machine. I hope you don't have to dive into NTFS permissions to see why this is so 🙂

 

[Junior0579]

Thanks for the help. It works for me now. Out of curiosity how would you set up a domain controller?

 

[CZroe]

With Windows 2K or 2K3 Server. You must run a tool to promote PCs to a DCs.

 

[mboy]

Originally posted by: Junior0579
Thanks for the help. It works for me now. Out of curiosity how would you set up a domain controller?

U need to set up a comp with either winnt 4.0 server, win2k server or advanced server or the new .net server. A domain is run by A server OS.
All workstation OS authenticate to that domain.

 

[Junior0579]

Thanks for all the info guys!