Adding Local Users to Local User Groups

Prerequisites

• Ensure you created the required local users.
• Ensure you created the required local user groups.
• Log on to the domain-controlling computer as a user with local admin permissions.

Process

1. In the Windows, start the Computer Management application.
   Application window appears.

   

2. In the application, in its left pane, expand System Tools → Local Users and Groups, and then click Groups.
   List of user groups appears in the right pane.

3. In the right pane, double click the required group.
   The group properties window appears.

   

4. Under the Members area, click Add.
   The Select Users window appears.

   

5. In the window that appears, click Locations.

6. In the dialog that appears, click the name of the current computer, and then click OK.
7. Add necessary users:
   1. In the Enter the object names to select field, type the desired Windows user name, and then click Check Names.
      In the field, the user name appears, formatted as <hostname>/<username>.
   2. Double click the user name to add it to the group.
   3. In the Select Users window, click OK.
8. In the New Group window, click Create.