Difference Between built in Administrator

hondaman_abx · 01-12-2012, 09:15 AM

What is different between the built in Administrator and a domain user in the administrator group, or as other Administrator on a local pc?

hondaman_abx · 01-13-2012, 07:06 AM

I have an application that works great while logged in as the built in Win7 Admin but once I create the account with Admin rights the application fails once I try to launch it.

Spawn_abx · 01-13-2012, 07:35 PM

The local administrator account has complete and utter control over the local system.

A domain administrator does have some limitations built into the group policy object (GPO). In order to run that application as a domain administrator, you need to go in and configure the domain administrator GPO and implement that across the domain.

I have limited experience with that on Win 2k Adv. Server, but that information should still apply in a Windows environment, since GPOs are still in use.

You will understand more once you start configuring a GPO.

01-13-2012, 07:06 AM	#2
hondaman_abx Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Manassas, VA Posts: 1,307	Re: Difference Between built in Administrator I have an application that works great while logged in as the built in Win7 Admin but once I create the account with Admin rights the application fails once I try to launch it. __________________ AMD Phenom II 1090T Asus Sabertooth 990FX G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB DDR3 1600 Asus GeForce GTX480 Antec 900 case Thermaltake Black Widow 850W PSU Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit ASUS AG73JH-BST7 Intel Core I7 ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 WHS 2011 AMD Athlon X2 6gb ram 2X1TB Sata
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01-13-2012, 07:35 PM	#3
Spawn_abx From Beyond! Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Collinston, LA Posts: 429	Re: Difference Between built in Administrator The local administrator account has complete and utter control over the local system. A domain administrator does have some limitations built into the group policy object (GPO). In order to run that application as a domain administrator, you need to go in and configure the domain administrator GPO and implement that across the domain. I have limited experience with that on Win 2k Adv. Server, but that information should still apply in a Windows environment, since GPOs are still in use. You will understand more once you start configuring a GPO. __________________ Dell Vostro 220, 2.8GHz Core 2 Duo, 4Gb Kingston HyperX, Samsung 830 128GB SSD, Seagate 500GB HDD Corsair 400w PSU, EVGA GTX 460se, HP BD player, Sony DVD-RW Pioneer VSX-521-K AVR, PSB Center/Surround speakers, Pioneer SW-8 sub, 40" Philips HDTV
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