How to Configure User Rights

How to Configure User Rights

If the right to log on as a service is revoked for the specified user account, restore the right by performing the following steps:

Domain Controller

If the user is in an Active Directory domain:

1. Start the Active Directory Users and Computers Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in.
2. Right-click the Organizational Unit (OU) in which the user right to log on as a service was granted. By default, this is in the Domain Controllers OU.
3. Right-click the container, and then click Properties.
4. On the Group Policy tab, click Default Domain Controllers Policy, and then clickEdit. This starts Group Policy Manager.
5. Expand the Computer Configuration object by clicking the plus sign (+) next to the policy object. Under the Computer Configuration object, expand Windows Settings, and then expand Security Settings.
6. Expand Local Policies, and then click User Rights Assignment.
7. In the right pane, right-click Log on as a service, and then click Security.
8. Add the user to the policy, and then click OK.
9. Quit Group Policy Manager, close Group Policy properties, and then close the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in.