Occasionally, a user may need to be granted local administrator privileges in order to install software on their computer. In Active Directory, the user may temporarily be added to the App Distribution security group in order to get the software installed. The user must log off and back on to their computer for the change to take effect, and they must be removed from the group after the software installation is complete.
Rarely, a user may need to be added as a local administrator of a machine. This can be accomplished using the steps below.
In AD, find the user's computer. Right-click on it and choose Manage.
In the left-hand column, navigate to Local Users and Groups --> Groups. Right-click on Administrators and choose Add to group.
Add the user as an administrator, click Apply and OK.
Close the Computer Management window. Have the user log off and back on to their machine.
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