I have a small AD setup with an old 2000 server and a new 2008 server running AD. I have users that I assigned to the administrator group but they do not get admin privileges when the sign onto one of the workstations. I am new to AD and just added the 2008 server to their system. Prior to adding the 2008 server there was the same issue.

Hello, make sure their group is member of the local admin group on the wanted computers. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights. Microsoft Student Partner 2010 / 2011 Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator: Security Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer: Security Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuration Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuration Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Configuration Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows 7, Configuring Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Enterprise Administrator Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Server Administrator

'Administrators' group is only about domain controllers. Place required users to the Domain Admins global group to make them administrators on all computers in a domain.MCITP: Enterprise Administrator; MCT; Microsoft Security Trusted Advisor; CCNA

Hi, Members in Administrators group have full control of all domain controllers in the domain. However, if you want a user have admin privileges on all workstations, you need to add the user in Domain Admins group. For more information, please refer to this article: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc756898(WS.10).aspx Meanwhile, if you do not want to make the user as domain admin, I suggest you use Group Policy Restricted Groups to add domain user into the local administrator group on the client. Restricted Groups http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc785631(WS.10).aspx Hope this helps. Regards, Bruce