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QUESTION POSED ON: 15 October 2006
Is there a script that can be deployed through Group Policy that can change local user permissions on a workstation? For example, I want to change user1 from having local admin rights to having the settings of a power user.

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Yes, you certainly can write a script to perform this function. You should use Group Policy to change a user's membership in local groups.

If you'd like some help writing your script, the white paper Using Group Policy for Enterprise Desktop Management provides a good start.

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