I'm working on a program (in C#) that needs the ability to add groups to a stand-alone windows 2000 box... It has to be based off the NET command, or something that comes with a standard install of w2k. When I try to issue the NET command with the following syntax it bombs out: [GRENDEL] C:\>net group myusers /add This command can be used only on a Windows 2000 Domain Controller. More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 3515. So obviously, the problem seems to be that I can't issue "net group" commands on a machine that is not a domain controller? The "net user" commands work, just not the "net group" commands. So my questions are: 1) Could someone enlighten me as to how I can add a group to a stand-alone windows 2k box using "net group" or with a utility that is part of the standard install? 2) Could someone try to execute the following command on a Windows XP and or a Windows 2003 box that is not setup as a domain controller? I'm in the world of Solaris at the moment and I'm not currently able to access a windows box to test this idea. Thanks...

On XP I get the same error. Help says: "NET GROUP adds, displays, or modifies global groups on servers. " I do believe 'global groups' is an AD term. This suggests to me that groups can only be added to AD, which means you can't add a group to a standalone box. Peter

Hey man, I figured it out... for standalone machines... change group to localgroup as in: net localgroup test /add

Ah, yes, I see it there now. Live and learn! Peter