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Purpose: 

 The purpose of this article is to teach you how to add users in the Pre-Windows 2000 Compatible Access Group in Windows Server 2003. 

Pre-Windows 2000 Compatible Access Group:

Members of this group have read access on all users and groups in the domain. This group is provided for backward compatibility for computers running Windows NT 4.0 and earlier. By default, the special identity Everyone is a member of this group. Add users to this group only if they are running Windows NT 4.0 or earlier.

To Add Users to the Pre-Windows 2000 Compatible Access Group by Using the Active Directory Users and Computers Snap-in

To add users to the Pre-Windows 2000 Compatible Access group:

1.                   Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and

                  Computers.  

 

2.                   Expand the domain, and then click Builtin.

3.                   In the right pane, right-click the Pre-Windows 2000 Compatible Access group, and          then click Properties.

4.                   Click the Members tab.

5.                   Verify that Everyone is displayed in the Members list, and then click OK.

 

Summary:

You can also add individual users and groups to the pre-windows 2000 compatible access group. This allows the users to log on to the computers running operating systems earlier then windows 2000.

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