See if there are any errors/warnings in the logs seen via Event Viewer on
those computers that may indicate a problem with contacting the domain,
obtaining Group Policy, etc. I would also run the support tool netdiag on
those computers and make sure that their preferred dns servers are only
domain controllers and never ISP dns servers. --- Steve



"Carl Hilton" <someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have some software that on some machines, I must create a local user with
>the same ID as their Active Directory ID to get the program to work. We had
>tested for file access, and other stuff, but ended up just creating this
>new user and adding them to the Power Users group. Yes, we did try adding
>the "real" user to the Power Users group. Now, the user would still log
>into the Domain, but it's just that the program would now work.
>
> Any ideas? These symptoms are sporadic and not applicable to any given
> program or person. All workstations are XPSP2. This behavior happens very
> infrequently however is frequent enough to be a pain. Especially since I
> want to minimize the use/number of Local Users.
>
>
> Carl
>
>