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Thanks, the users are already local administrators. Don't they need to have access in the AD to make the change since renaming the computer doesn't just affect the local machine?

A quick fix while you test a permanent solution... how about just adding the website and local IP into the users host file?

Alright good I'm not crazy... I knew that much Any way to give permission to a domain user to change the computer name of a machine already in a domain?

Thanks for the response. I found the delegate control and the user can now add computers to the domain, but I'm confused about the changing of a computer name. I've tried changing the computer name with a local administrator and I get Access Denied. This is what I'm supposed to get. When I change the computer name with my domain admin account it works fine. There has to be a way to give a standard domain user control to change a computer name if he can add one to the domain... right?

Hello!! I'm new to the MSFN forum and I was hoping someone could help me out with a problem. I have a part-time student helping with installing new machines. Since he's part-time I don't want to give him a domain admin account, but I need him to be able to change a computer name on an existing machine as well as add a computer to the domain. Does anyone know the best way to accomplish this? I was thinking of doing something with a group in the AD. Maybe giving the appropriate permissions to that group and just add and remove users when I need to? We're running Windows 2003 (Server) & Windows XP Pro (Client). Any help would be much appreciated!!!! Muchos gracias!