RE: How can I enable power users on W2k domain to defrag their hard drives??

["Erich D. Heintz" <lists () heintz us>]

Short answer... The native defragger requires administrator rights, period.

Long answer... Some of the commercial defraggers might allow it but you'd
have to check with the app vendors. I did find a reference to a "hack" that
would allow it by creating a compiled wrapper script that embeds the
administrator password in an executable so that it can't be retrieved. I
haven't tried it, but it originated in Win2K magazine, See
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=allow+users+to+run+defrag&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF
-8&selm=a833bbd9.0209130747.9a37ab3%40posting.google.com&rnum=1



-----Original Message-----
From: AndrewC [mailto:andrew () whirlow plus com] 
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 4:53 PM
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: How can I enable power users on W2k domain to defrag their hard
drives??

Hi All 

 

Just a brief query. At my work we have about 150 users on a W2k domain(s).
The vast majority of machines are Win XP Pro with the remainder being
Windows 2000. I have in the past had to make the users local admins due to
some of the applications we have to run (before we created the Domain). This
came with the usual problems of software being installed illicitly etc so I
have created several group policy objects for AD and have made everyone
power users. My question?? How can I enable users to Defragment their own
hard drives as power users? (is it possible through GP?) 

 

Any suggestions would be gratefully received

 

Thanks in Advance

 

Andrew Craig



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