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I feel stupid, but haven't used NT4 for almost 2 years so i'm forgiving myself for this. Please help!
I need to make a user an administrator on a local machine for installing purposes but cannot remember how. I thought I used the user manager - but it does not exist. there is no usrmgr.exe or svrmgr.exe file on this machine - and i just installed NT4 sp6 on it so i know it is there. I guess I'm addicted to 2K and have been spoiled becasue I have no idea how to do this! thanks in advance.
usrmgr.exe and srvmgr.exe should be located in the c:\winnt\system32 folder.
To make a user administrator on a local machine:
goto run, then type usrmgr \\%machinename%
and then assign the user to the administrator group.Done!
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Like I said - usrmgr and srvmgr do not exist on this machine, i don't know why or where they are. i am logged on as administrator and they do not exist. this is nt4 workstation - not server. that should make no difference, but the fact is - i cannot access the user manager - confused i am *yoda*
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I've noticed that if you're not actually logged in as administrator sometimes the administrative tools don't show up. Try logging in as administrator and then using user manager, click into administrator in GROUOPS and add the user's login name.
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Mack,
Have you done a Find, files or folders for the usrmgr.exe file?
If not, try that. If it still isn't there, restore it from the NT CD. Then, to add an existing user account to the Administrator Group, just open the user account and under Groups, and add Administrator to the "Member of" list.
If the user doesn't exist already exist locally, then go to User, New User. Type in the login, full name, etc, and then click Groups and add Administrator to the "Member of" list.
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again - to reinforce my first comments so to not get the same responses - i am logged on as administrator!
Jennifer - i appreciate your help - how do i restore just the user manager from the NT cd? i am going to experiment with it this afternoon. I'm a baffoon when it comes to NT, i'm strictly a 2K'er! thanks in advance :)
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Mack,
I hope you have access to the server ?
On the server go to the usermanger for domains and do the followinguser - select domain
type the computername \\computer + enter
double click on administrator
add the userdone !!
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Thanks Sven, but I still don't think that's the answer I"m looking for. I never was very good at making my question clear to all :) I need him to be a local administrator on his own machine, not an administrator on the domain. He is a power user on the domain - but I need him in full control of his own CPU. He is running NT4 workstation and does not have usrmgr.exe or svrmgr.exe on his system - I am positive of that. I have no idea where to access the rights of each profile. As I said - I need him to be an admin on his LOCAL machine. thanks!
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Mack,
the solution I described gives him full control of his own machine but NOT of the domain just like you asked.
you just have to make sure that you switch domains in usermanager and choose his computername as the domain you whish to see. add him there as admin and done it is.just try it, im very sure it is the solution you want.
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Sven - i never got a chance to try that out before i resolved the problem, but i'm going to try it this afternoon just to see if it works for future reference.
I was able to get into the user manager in a way i'd never seen before. on this NT4 box, it was called musrmgr.exe instead of usrmgr.exe. i had never seen this before. thanks for all your help!
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Sir,
I want to install new service sapdb99 on nt server as required to run saprouter.As mentioned in sap document run ntscmgr, which is not available on my nt machine version nt4.0 sp 6.
Please advice from where i can get this service.Regards,
RD Malav
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Mack
USRMGR.EXE is the User Manager for Domains and isn't installed by default on NT Workstation (although it can be if you wish to manage Domain accounts etc).
To manage local accounts, use the MUSRMGR.exe program instead.
Paul
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