Admin Tip #267: Allow normal users to change NT's system time

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By default, only members of the Administrator and Power User groups can change the system time on a workstation. This is controlled by the User Right Change the system time. To grant the right to the ordinary users group or a specific account:

If you have a large number of individual account you want to grant various User Rights, you can Server Resource Kit utility ntrights.exe at the commandline. A syntax example is:

ntrights +r SeSystemtimePrivilege -u domainormachinename\accountorgroup See the resource kit documentation for user rights syntax.


Must have for NT administrators