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How to Give Remote Desktop Users Administrator Rights

Modern businesses rely on computers for everything from communicating with customers and suppliers to managing finances and inventory. Thanks to Internet and networking technologies, companies can transact business, attract new customers and share information within the office easier than ever before. However, these technologies can cause complex problems when not maintained properly. If your business is like most, you probably have key employees to whom you turn to fix computer problems. Providing these employees with remote administrator access to computers on your business network can enable them to correct many problems even when they're on the road or working at home.

Add an Administrator

1

Log in to Windows with an administrator account. Click "Start," "Control Panel" and then click "User Accounts."

2

Click "Manage Another Account" and select "Create New Account." Enter a name for the new administrator account in the "New Account Name" field. Select the "Administrator" option and click "Create Account."

3

Click the name of the new administrator account in the "Choose the Account You Would Like to Change" window. After the Make Changes window opens, click "Create a Password." Enter a temporary password for the new administrator and confirm it in the subsequent fields. Click the "Create Password" button to save the new password. After the new administrator logs on to the machine, he can change the password by clicking the "Change Password" link in the Make Changes window for his user account.

Grant Remote Desktop Access to an Administrator

1

Click "Start | Control Panel | Administrative Tools | Computer Management." The Computer Management console window opens.

2

Select "Local Users and Groups" in the Computer Management navigation pane, then double-click "Users" in the center pane of the window.

3

Right-click the name of the Administrator to whom you want to grant Remote Desktop access, then click "Properties" on the pop-up menu.

4

Click the "Member Of" tab in the Properties window, then click the "Add" button. In the text box labeled "Enter the object names to select," type "Remote Desktop Users." Click the "Check Names" button. Windows underlines the network name of the computer along with "Remote Desktop Users."

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Click "OK" to close the Select Groups window and display the updated "Member Of" list for the administrator. The administrator is now part of the Remote Desktop Users group and can log in to the machine remotely.

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Click the "OK" button to close the Properties window, then close the Computer Management console window.

7

Add administrator accounts with remote desktop access to other computers on the network as needed.

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