How can I access machines in the network as local admin in Windows 7?
3 Answers
Try typing in .\localadminaccount
or machinename\localadminaccount
in the username field of the credentials dialogue that pops up. Just because it tries to make you connect as a domain user by default, doesn't mean that's the only way to connect. ;)
The local administrator account is disabled by default under 7. Best practice would be to leave it as such.
If you really want a local admin accounts you can create an accounts set passwords, etc - with group policy preferences as well as assign the new account to the local administrators group.
The better practice would be to create a new domain group - say 'desktop admins' - and assign this group to the local administrators group. Put your domain accounts into this group to provide access.
You can enable this behaviour by adding the registry key descibed at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951016.
Basically:
Under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Set:
LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy = DWORD 0x1
.\localadminaccount
ormachinename\localadminaccount
??? Just because it tries to make you connect as a domain user by default, doesn't mean that's the only way to connect. :/