Go to this and read about this utility setACL: http://www.helge.mynetcologne.de/setacl/ The page reads: SetACL.exe: Set Windows NT/2000 permissions (DACLs) on virtually anything SetACL.exe is a free program for setting permissions on Windows NT/2000 systems. I started developing it in early march 2001, when I needed a program that could set permissions on printers, but could not find one. I learned that setting permissions programmatically on printers is basically the same as on files, directories, registry keys, services, and so on. SetACL is supposed to be fast. If it is not really fast (slow, maybe?) on your system, please check your name resolution settings (WINS, DNS, etc.). If it still does not behave, please contact the author (see bottom of page). Steven Peck DNET <speck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Try this article and see if it gets you where you need to go. http://www.swynk.com/friends/loomes/win2kacl.asp I haven't had this issue, but I am getting ready to update my certs (cause I don't have to pay for the test so I might as well :) and the compatws.inf has come up a number of times in the study materials. -sp -----Original Message----- From: Tummy.Luvr@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Tummy.Luvr@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 10:44 AM To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] AD user rights question Hi gang, I'm running a W2K DC with 5 WinXP clients at home. Everything is going great except for one annoying thing. While logged on to my domain, my mothers computer cannot execute Music Match and other programs because her account type is USER. What is weird to me is that, before I joined her machine to my domain, the POWERUSERS group existed within local users and groups on her machine. But it disappeared after I joined her machine to my domain. Does the POWERUSERS group exist in W2K server AD users & groups? Cuz I cant find it and I need to save momma from herself, so I cant make her part of admins. In other words, is there a way that I can give her enough rights to open programs that require certain admin rights without making her a member of admins? If so, how does one do this? Any info regarding this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Regards, M.B. This Weeks Sponsor ================================== CPU seNTinel by OneApp Definitive Control over Individual Applications CPU utilization http://www.oneapp.co.uk/site/sentinel ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm This Weeks Sponsor ================================== CPU seNTinel by OneApp Definitive Control over Individual Applications CPU utilization http://www.oneapp.co.uk/site/sentinel ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better This Weeks Sponsor ================================== CPU seNTinel by OneApp Definitive Control over Individual Applications CPU utilization http://www.oneapp.co.uk/site/sentinel ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm