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I've created a Domain Controller and 3 additional machines (SQL-A, SQL-B, SQL-CORE). All are on Windows Server2008R2 as VMs running on virtualbox. I have successfully joined the 3 machines to the domain.

Next, I created a user in Active Directory called Kim_Akers who is a member of Domain Admins, Domain users, Enterprise Admins and Schema Admins.

When I login to SQL-A (for example) as [domain]\Kim_Akers and then try and run something like ServerManager.msc. I get a permissions error:

Windows cannot access the specified device, path or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions.

What am I doing wrong such that Kim_Akers doesn't have permissions to do this?

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  • How long did you wait before testing "Kim_Akers"?
    – boburob
    Sep 12, 2012 at 8:35
  • @boburob A few minutes, but I just restarted the machine, and it still has an issue. Sep 12, 2012 at 8:45
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    Have you double checked that Domain Admins is in the local administrators group on the SQL servers? Is this only happening on SQL-A, or on all 4 servers with that user? What about a different user in the same groups?
    – Steve G
    Sep 12, 2012 at 16:08
  • @boburob With only one Domain Controller in this domain, there should be 0 delay, since there's no inter-DC replication. Sep 13, 2012 at 1:28
  • @SteveG Yes Domain Admins is in the local administrators group. The problem happens on all machines. I created another user name in the same groups and it shows the same behavior. I know I've probably done something stupid, but I'm at a loss as to why it won't work. Sep 13, 2012 at 4:17

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Are you running servermanager.msc (or more specifically, MMC.EXE) as an Administrator (i.e.: right-click and "Run as administrator"). If not, UAC may be the cause, in that your full-admin token isn't being used to launch the .EXE

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  • No I wasn't choosing "run as administrator", however when I try this I get the same error message as before. Note I'm not prompted for a login / password. Thanks anyway. Sep 13, 2012 at 4:33

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