I joined my Windows 7 computer to my 2003 domain. The group Domain Admins was added to local Administrators group as it should but I still do not seem to have full access rights to the computer when logging on with an account that is a member of the Domain Admins group. For example I cannot access the c:\documents and settings folder. I also cannot install software remotely, ie.. virus software deployment. I recieve an error staing that I must use an account that is part of the administrators group. Any idea why domain admin rights are not being honored.

Windows 7 works the same way as Windows Vista. Administrator accounts do not normally run with administrator privileges until you elevate whatever process needs administrator privileges. C:\Documents and Settings is a junction not a folder. It is for comaptibility purposes and can't be accessed by normal methods. There is no need to access it as it is just a pointer to the real location of the files C:\Users.I suggest you do some reading on the differences between Vista and XP. For the most part everything you read about Vista is applicable to Windows 7.http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709691.aspxhttp://download.microsoft.com/download/5/7/8/578cbb95-c42e-4b9f-9989-93ffdeae8af4/Introducing_Windows_Vista.pdfhttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/aa904820.aspxThe above links will get you started. I recommend you install Vista on your own computer and learn it inside out. It has many advantages over older versions of Windows, especially in a domain environment. It is however very different from XP. It bears repeating that whatever you learn about Vista will apply to Windows 7. Kerry Brown MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

HiIf User Account Controll is dissabled this cause a lot of problems like yours currect problem.I hope this is related to this issue :)

You are confusing several issues - the 'c:\documents and settings' folder is only visible when you have unchecked'hide protected operating system files' in explorer. It is a special symbolically linked folder that is used only for backwards compatibility with legacy applications that incorrectly assumed that this folder would always exist. The c:\Users folder is its real replacement.When you are having the issue you need to make sure you actually are an administrator. Open a CMD prompt and an elevated CMD prompt, and run:whoami /groupsYou should see administrators listed both times:For the non-elevated CMD prompt:BUILTIN\Administrators Alias S-1-5-32-544 Group used for deny onlyFor the elevated CMD prompt:BUILTIN\Administrators Alias S-1-5-32-544 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group, Group ownerYou will ned to provide more details and steps to reproduce your issuesfor us to give you further help.Ned Pyle [MSFT] - MS Enterprise Platforms Support - Beta Team