Delegating password changes....

microsoft.public.win2000.general

10 Aug 2005 4:24 AM

Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]

Hi, all -

W2k AD, SP4 and up to date on patches....

I've delegated the rights to change passwords for a specific user OU to a
security group in AD. Created a taskpad that ought to work fine. In fact, it
*does*works fine when I (as admin) launch and run the MMC (from the msc
file) on the DC.

When I copy the taskpad/MSC file to a user's desktop (a user who is a member
of the security group in AD), she gets the error "snap-in failed to
initialize" when launching it. She's on WinXP SP2....I have not installed
the W2k adminpak; is this necessary? Or is there another cause? I haven't
yet had a chance to see whether there's any problem when I launch it from
her desktop/PC while logged in as myself.

I've never done this before, so please be gentle. And note: I'm not in any
way too proud to be happy that I've missed something obvious; I just want it
to work!