Here is what happens when I try following the instructions from Thorbjörn Sjövold (see below). 1) I create the GPO 2) I go to the Restricted Groups, Right click and Choose Add Group 3) I browse and select the domain group which I want to add to the local administrators group and click OK 4) I click Add under the section which says "This group is a member of" 5) I click Browse and then click the Locations button to choose my local computer rather than the domain Here's where the problem occurs 6) Once I do that, the field for Object Type goes blank (instead of saying Groups) So essentially it's not looking for any object type. I try typing in LocalComputerName\administrators but it can't find it. Thanks for any assistance. Matthew Johnson From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ca11235 Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 5:46 AM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] Re: Restricted Groups - appending to local administrators Guys, Sorry for the slow thanks - my mail forwarding has gone a bit awol. Thanks for the replies. Col On 30/08/07, Thorbjörn Sjövold <thorbjorn.sjovold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Col, see below for an answer that I gave previously, this seem to be very common question J Best, Thorbjörn /******************************/ Actually it is both possible to both mirror and add, the latter is done using the "This group is a member of:" part of the Restricted Groups settings, but you have to select the groups in "reverse" order, i.e. first the group you want to add and then where you want it, while in the normal case you select the group to manage and then who should be in it. So if you for example want to have Domains Admins added to the local Administrators group, you select Add Group... in the Restricted Groups node, then select Domain Admins from your domain and in the "This group is a member of:" you select the Administrators group. Remember to select the local computer in the Object Picker when you browse for the local group. HTH, Thorbjörn Sjövold Special Operations Software www.specopssoft.com <http://www.specopssoft.com/> thorbjorn.sjovold a t specopssoft.com <http://specopssoft.com/> Download our free tool for remote Gpupdate with graphical reporting, http://www.specopssoft.com/products/specopsgpupdate/ <http://www.specopssoft.com/products/specopsgpupdate/> From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Auld Colin Sent: den 30 augusti 2007 15:29 To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] Restricted Groups - appending to local administrators Is there a way to *add* a member to the local administrators group on a member server using Restricted Groups? I know that, normally, a Restricted Group policy will remove any existing members and replace them with those set in the policy. But what I'd like to do is use Restricted Groups to extend the list i.e. leave the existing members as they are... Col |* This e-mail, and any attachments, is confidential and for the use of the addressee only. |* If you are not the intended recipient, please telephone +44 (0) 1506 408700 |* We do not accept legal responsibility for this e-mail or any viruses. |* All e-mails sent and received by us are monitored. |* Contracts cannot be concluded with us by e-mail. |* This message has been sent from a member of the British Energy Group (the "Group"). |* The parent company of the Group is British Energy Group plc, a company registered in Scotland, registered number 270184, and having its registered office at |* Systems House, Alba Campus, Livingston EH54 7EG