Preventing Win XP & Win2k Pro clients from logging on to local machines

Published: 21 Nov 2003

How can I prevent Win XP & Win2k Pro clients (especially local administrators) from logging on to their clients' machines? I want to let them log on only to their domain.

The best practice to keep users from logging onto a local machine as administrator is not to give them administrative privileges on their own machine.

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