Manage user access
- Ryan Drescher
- Nick Neal
1) On the remote computer, right-click on the start menu and click "Windows PowerShell (Admin)"
2) Copy in the following command, substituting in the user's Netid
Add-LocalGroupMember -Group "Remote Desktop Users" -Member "AD\<netid>"
1) Click on the "Start" menu and then the gear icon in the left-hand menu, then open the "Settings" panel
2) In the search bar, type "Remote Desktop" and then click on the "Remote Desktop Settings" search result
3) In the "Remote Desktop" settings, first make sure the "Enable Remote Desktop" option is enabled. Then, click "Select users that can remotely access this PC"'
4) Click "Add" on the "Remote Desktop Users" window (1). Ensure the "Location" is set to "ad.syr.edu"(2), and then type the netid of the user (3)
5) Click "OK".
1) On the remote computer, right-click on the start menu and click "Windows PowerShell (Admin)"
2) Copy in the following commands line by line, substituting in the user's Netid or "L-netid" to create an admin account (examples below)
Standard user:
$Password = Read-Host -AsSecureString New-LocalUser -Name "<netid>" -FullName "Firstname Lastname" -Description "Standard user account for <netid> -Password $Password
Admin user:
$Password = Read-Host -AsSecureString New-LocalUser -Name "<netid>" -FullName "Firstname Lastname" -Description "Admin user account for <netid> -Password $Password
1) Click on the "Start" menu and then the gear icon in the left-hand menu, then open the "Settings" panel
2) Click on "Accounts" in the settings menu
3) Click on "Other users"
4) Click on "Add someone else to this PC"
5) Double-click into the "Users" location
6) Fill in the user's information, as shown below, using a temporary password and click "Create" when finished. To create an admin account, use the prefix "L-" before the netid (second image)
NOTE: Only standard (non-administrator) accounts should be allowed interactive login privileges!
1) On the remote computer, right-click on the start menu and click "Windows PowerShell (Admin)"
2) Paste in the following command, substituting the local account name
Add-LocalGroupMember -Group "Remote Desktop Users" -Member "<netid>"
1) From within the "lusrmgr" menu (Step #5 in the previous section), click into the "Groups" location in the tree and then double-click to open the "Remote Desktop Users" group
2) You'll see the users who currently have RDP access. Click "Add"
3) Type the user account in the "object name" box and click "OK"
A separate "l-netid" account should be created for this purpose, and the admin account cannot be provided direct remote desktop access
1) On the remote computer, right-click on the start menu and click "Windows PowerShell (Admin)"
2) Paste in the following command, substituting the "L-<netid>" account name
Add-LocalGroupMember -Group "Administrators" -Member "L-<netid>"
1) Follow the "account-creation" steps above to create a new local user account ("l-netid")
2) From within the "lusrmgr" menu (Step #5 in the account creation guide), click into the "Groups" location in the tree and then double-click into the "Administrators" group
3) Type the "L-" user account in the "object name" box and click "OK"
